Trip to Hanley / Longton 02-08-2022

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
67154	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Hanley BS	23	First Potteries
65030	Hanley BS	Longton, stop C	11	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going out on the bus later. He was also going to out for tea later. 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 Shelton Care Group YS70 KWG. We went downstairs and we and we cut through onto City Road to wait a bus to Hanley. At the Afford garage we saw Afford rent-a-car MM22 WHE parked up.

Afford rent-a-car MM22 WHE in Fenton

A few minutes later we saw a bus approaching. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67154 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 67154 in Fenton

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We set off down City Road and we joined the A52 to go under the railway line and over the A500. We continued onto Church Street and into the centre of Stoke. After a brief stop we continued around the one-way system onto Elenora Steet and right onto Copeland street. We turned left onto Glebe Street and we went under the railway line before turning left onto Station Road. We went past the railway station ans we turned right onto College Road. After running the hill through Shelton we continued onto Cleveland Road and forwards onto Regent Road. We turned left onto Lower Bethesda Street and we crossed over the ring road onto Bethesda Street. We turned right onto John Street. We entered the bus station and we got up and got off the bus and we walked up Lichfield Street. We continued onto Tontine Street and onto Tontine Square and we stopped at Greggs. Afterwards we walked back along Tontine Square past the HSBC bank onto Piccadilly. We turned left onto Bethesda Street. We went into the museum and Matthew ate his chicken sandwich and a bottle of Coke. We set off along Bethesda Street and we walked up John Street to the bus station and Matthew used the toilet. A few minutes later we saw First Potteries 65030 on a #11 to Newcastle.

First Potteries 65030 in Hanley bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton we sat down. We set off up set off onto John Street and we turned left onto Bethesda Street. We turned left onto the ring road and left onto Lichfield Street and we turned right onto Birch Terrace. We followed the road around onto Charles Street and we turned right onto Old Hall Street. We crossed over the ring road onto Bucknall New Road. We ran down the hill through Limekiln lights and we turned right onto Dividy Road. We turned left onto Beverley Drive and right onto Dawlish Drive. We ran through the estate and back onto the A5272. We ran up to Adderley Green and we saw First Potteries 67146 parked in the garage. At the roundabout we turned right onto Anchor Road. We turned left onto Market Street and right onto Commerce Street past the former Co-op Bank. We went arounf the roundabout and turned right onto The Strand. We got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus we walked down The Strand and we turned left by Hylands and past the shops to Tesco and Matthew used the toilet. Afterwards we went outside to we waited for the taxi to Fenton. When it arrived we saw it was an Intercity taxi. We set off onto Baths Road towards Longton and we did a u-turn at the roundabout. We headed for the A50. We traveled Westward to Heron Cross and we turned right onto the A50 link road. We turned left onto City Road and we turned left onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. We went upstairs and Matthew went to his room to chill out. He used his computer and watched buses out of the window. We saw D&G Bus 113 on a #1A to Wood Lane. We went downstairs and got in the car we set off onto Temple Street. In the distance we saw Temple Street church minibus RX18 GZW. We carried on along Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road and left onto City Road. We ran down the hil into stoke and forwards onto the A52 and we ran alongside the railway line. We passed near to the railway station and we turned right onto College Road and we saw grey minibus BD67 SYZ. We ran to the top and we continued onto Cleveland Road and forwards onto Regent Road. At the end we turned right onto Lichfield Street and we joined the anti-clockwise ring road. We joined town road and we crossed over the ring-road and we saw Intercity SF65 BZG. We headed out of town towards Birches Head. We joinmed the A5272 and we travelled Northwards through Sneyd Green. We turned left onto the A53 to Cobridge and we ran past the site of the new Wrights Pies shop. We turned right onto North Road and right onto Sandbach Road. We parked up and we sat down. Matthew had a bottle of Coke whilst he waited for his food. He has and all day breakfast and he also help mum with her chips and gravy. After we had finished Matthew wen to the toilet before we returned to the car. We set off along Sandbach Road and we turned left at the light onto North Road and we turned left onto the A53. We ran up the hill and we turned right onto the A5272. We ran through Smallthorne Roundabouts. We ran down Ford Green Road and we turned right into Fell Street. We turned right onto Coseley Street and we turned right onto Croft Court. We turned right onto Ford Green Road. We ran up the hill and made a brief stop before continuing up the the roundabouts. We turned left onto the A5272 and we ran through Sneyd Green into Birches Head. We ran into Hanley 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 37146 on a #25 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 the Queen Elizabeth II Court and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs and chilled out in his room. He had a can of Dr Pepper. 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.