Trip to Hanley / Smallthorne 08-11-2021

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
69162	Hanley BS	Tunstall, Asda superstore	3	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going to his day service. He was also going out on the bus later on. Matthew got up around 08:00 and had toast for breakfast. before Matthew went to the day centre he watched buses out of the window. whilst waiting for the time to go to the day centre, we saw First Potteries 67153 on a #23 to Hanley. In the morning Matthew went to the bus. We went downstairs and transport for the trip was a Lucky Seven taxi. We got in the car and we set off onto Temple Street. We turned left onto Christchurch Street and we crossed over City Road onto Manor Street. We turned left onto Victoria Road and we ran down the hill to Joiners Square. We crossed over the roundabout onto Lichfield Street and we saw white minibus SD13 YLN. We carried on up Lichfield Street and across the ring road. Matthew was dropped of and the car carried on we saw First Potteries 65028 on a #11 to Newcastle. Once off the bus we continued up Tontine Street and onto Parliament Row and we visited the Pound Bakery. Matthew had a sausage and bean pasty washed down with a bottle of Coke. When we had finished in the Bakery we went to the Intu Potteries shopping centre. We went to the top floor and Matthew visited the toilet. Once he had finished there we left the shopping centre and we walked out off the shopping centre onto Tontine Square and onto Stafford Street. We stopped on Stafford Street to eat the pasty and to watch buses. We saw First Potteries 32066 on a #18 to Leek. When we had finished we walked down Lichfield Street and back to the bus station. We waited for a bus to Tunstall. A few minutes later we saw First Potteries 63097 on a #6 to Coalville. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 69162 on a #3 to Crewe. We got on the bus and we booked to Tunstall before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off out of the bus station and onto John Street. We turned right onto Bethesda Street and we went straight across onto Marsh Street. We turned right up onto Trinity Street and we went past the former RBS now a new multi-floor res development. We turned left onto Stafford Street. After picking up more passenger outside of Debenhams we followed the road around to the left and then back onto marsh Street. At the roundabout we went straight on onto Waterloo Road and we ran up the hill into Cobridge we saw Copeland's Tours MIB 904. We continued into Buslem and through the traffic lights onto Scotia Road. We went past the old Burslem PMT garage and we followed the road around to the left onto Williamson Street. We got up and got off the bus. When we got to Tunstall we walked up High Street and we waited for a taxi. We booked a Lucky Seven taxi. We got in the taxi and we set off along the High Street and forwards onto Brownhills Road. As we travelled down to Trubshaw Cross. We ran forwards along the A5271 through Longport and over the Southbound A500. We ran through Etruria to Stoke and we came off the A500 and we saw Paul's Of Stoke J7 WXM. We turned left onto City Road. We went under the railway line and up the hill into Fenton. We turned right into Smithpool Road and left into Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs to chill out in his room and use his computer. We saw grey minibus FT13 ??? going towards Longton.

FT13 in Fenton

Matthwe went into the living room and we saw Temple Street Church RX18 GZW. Matthew chilled out in his room until we saw Star Travel BT57 FSN going towards Stoke.

Star Travel BT57 FSN in Fenton

Another vehicle seen was First Potteries 65028 on a #11 to Hanley.

First Potteries 65028 in Fenton

Matthew waited for us he had a slice of cake. Also seen was D&G Bus 119 on a #1A to Wood Lane.

D&G 44 in Fenton

After a while we saw Viking Travel coach UJI 8661 going towards Stoke.

Viking Travel UJI 8661 in Fenton

Matthew got his face mask and bag and got ready to go. We came around 16:30 and Matthew came downstairs and got in the car. We set off onto Temple Street and we turned left onto Christchurch Street. We turned left onto City Road. We saw First Potteries 69172 on a #11 to Hanley. and we headed down the road into Stoke. We ran under the railway line and we crossed the A500. We ran forwards onto Church Street and we ran around Stoke town centre on the one-way system. We turned left onto Lonsdale Street and we turned right onto Flemming Road. We turned right onto Campbell Place and we ran forwards onto Church Street. We ran towards Hartshill and we turned right onto Shelton Old Road. We turned left onto the A500 and nwe joined the Northbound side. We ran up to Etruria and we turned right on to the East bound A53. We ran uop through Cobridge and we passed Aimee's KX05 KGN going the other way. We veered left onto we stopped at Captain Kooks. Matthew visited to the toilet and afterwards had a breakfast washed down with a bottle of Coke. Whilst we ate we saw Stanton's of Stoke EXZ 535 go past running towards Smallthorne. Once we had finished we set off onto Sandbach Road and we ran up the onto Sneyd Hill. We veered left onto the Southbound A5272. We ran through Sneyd Green and we saw First Potteries 63115 on a #7 to Kidsgrove. We continued into Birches Head. We ran forwards onto Town Road and we joined the Clockwise ring road. We ran past the bus station and we turned left onto Lower Bethesda Street. We turned right onto Cleveland Road and we ran forwards onto College Road where we saw First Potteries 67153 on a #23 to Hanley. We turned left onto Station Road and we ran past the railway station. We ran forwards onto the A52 and we ran alkongside the railway line. We turned left onto City Road and right into Smithpool Road. We turned left onto Temple Street past the new building under construction and back to the residential unit. Later on Matthew had a bath and then had toast for supper. He then chilled out in his room until bedtime around 23:00... Mark.