Trip to Hanley / Keele 26-08-2024

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
63111	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Hanley BS	23	First Potteries
35950	Hanley BS	Keele, Sneyd Arms PH	25	First Potteries
35950	Keele, Sneyd Arms PH	Stoke, Lytton Street	25	First Potteries

Today Matthew was in the residential unit and he was going out on the bus. 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 Hanley and we saw First Potteries 67175 on a #11 to Newcastle. We went downstairs and got into car we set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Christchurch Street. We turned left onto Baker Street and left onto Glebedale Road and we turned left onto City Road. We ran down the hil into stoke and forwards onto the A52 and we ran past the railway station to joiners Square. We turned left onto Lichfield Street and joined the anti-clockwise ring road. We joined town road and we crossed over the ring-road and we headed out of town towards Birches Head. We joinmed the A5272 and we travelled Northwards through Sneyd Green up to Smallthorne Roundabouts onto Ford Green Road. We continued Ford Green Road and up into Norton. We turned left into Knypersley Road and we climbed the hill into Ball Green. We ran down the hill through Bemersley Road and we ran through Ridgeway and Bemersley Green. We turned right onto Greenway Bank and we turned left to run down the narrow road up to Knypersley Reservoir. Matthew went for a short walk and used the toilet in the toilet block there. After they had finished we we had finished we return to car. We set off the through the car parks. We crossed over Greenway Bank and forwards onto Judgefield Lane and we turned right onto Sands Lane and forwards onto Cowallmoor Lane. We turned left onto Lask Edge Road and we continued onto Top Road. We ran Southwards through Biddulph Moor and we turned left onto Rudyard Road and we continued onto New Street. We continued onto Park Lane and we turned left onto the A527. We ran through Knypersley and down into Brindley Ford. We ran down the hill to Fegg Hayes and we climbed up into Chell. We continued down past the North end of Tunstall and we ran down into the Chatterley valley and onto the Southbound A500. We ran through Longport and Etruria and we continued into Stoke. We came off the A500 and we ran under the railway line and up City Road. We continued into Fenton and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto Temple Street and we went back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs and Matthew went to his room to chill out. He used his computer and watched buses out of the window. Later on we went downstairs and we set off onto City Road. We waited for a bus to Hanley. A short time later we saw a bus turn around the corner. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 63111 on a #23 to Hanley.

First Potteries 63111 in Fenton

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down City Road and we joined the A52 and ran under the railway line. After crossing over the A500 we ran into Stoke town centre along Church Street. We turned right onto Shelton Old Road. We ran forwards onto Stoke Road. We ran under the railway line and up through Shelton. We ran up Broad Street and we turned right onto the anti-clockwise ring road. We turned left onto Bethesda Street and right onto John Street. We climbed the hill and up into the bus station. We got up and got off the bus and Matthew visited the toilet. We waited for a bus to Keele. We waited for a short while and we saw First Potteries 63113 on a #4 to Newcastle. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 35950 on a #25 to Keele.

First Potteries 35950 in Hanley bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to the Keele before we went upstairs and we sat down. We set off out of bus station and onto John Street. We turned right onto Bethesda Street and left onto Broad Street. We ran down the hill and over the ring road onto Snow Hill Before we turned left onto Avenue Road. At the roundabout we turned right onto College Road. We ran down though Shelton along College Road. We turned left onto Station Road and we past the railway station. We ran forwards onto the A52 and we ran alongside the railway line before turning right onto City Road. We crossed over the A500 and we ran into Stoke centre along Church Street. We went out of the other side of Stoke and up Hartshill Road into Hartshill. We turned left into The Avenue and we ran down to Hilton Road and we turned right into the hospital where we ran through the hospital and we turned right onto the A34. We ran up to Newcastle and forwards onto Barracks Road at the roundabout. We came into the bus station onto Barracks Road we turned right onto Ryecroft. We veered left onto Merrial Street and after a brief stop we ran forwards onto Church Street. We crossed over the roundabout and we ran forwards onto the A525. We turned right into Orme Road and we continued along Orme Road before we re-joined the Westbound A525. We climbed the steep hill up to Keele and we turned left into the campus. We turned left onto University Drive we did a u-turn and headed into the campus. At the main roundabout we turned left and we ran around the shops and student union bar. We ran through the campus past the back of the library and out the other side into the village. We got up and got off the bus. We crossed over The Village and walked to the pub. Matthew went to the toilet and had a glass of Coke. For tea Matthew had a cajun chicken burgers followed by chocolate brownie and ice cream. After we had finished eating we went outside and we saw First Potteries 35950 on a #25 to Hanley. We got on the bus and we booked to Stoke we sitting down. We set off through the campus We turned right onto University Drive and we ran up to the entrance of the campus before turning right onto the A525. We ran down the hill and we crossed over the roundabout. We went past the scrapyards which is going to be the site of some new houses. We turned left onto Orme Road. We ran through the estate and to the end of the road. We turned left onto the A525 and at the roundabout onto the Southbound A34. We ran down two roundabout and we went left onto Barracks Road. We entered the bus station and we pulled up on stand. After a short while in the bus station the bus set off out onto Barracks Road. We went Southwards on the A34 before turning into the hospital. We trundled through the hospital grounds and ran up to Hartshill Road via Hilton Road and The Avenue. We went down Hartshill Road into Stoke town centre and we continued onto Church Street and the bus topped in the town centre. After a brief stop we continued over the A500 and we got up and got off the bus just before the railway bridge. We walked up City Road and we cut across onto Smithpool Road and we stopped at the shop on the corner of Eddison Street. Matthew brought a can of Coke. We crossed over Smithpool Road and we continued up Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went upstairs to his room to chill out and watch buses out of the window. Later on Matthew had a bath and had toast for supper. Matthew went on his computer until bedtime around 23:00... Mark