Trip to Festival Park / Wolstanton 06-01-2025

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
67180	Fenton, adj Travers Court	Newcastle BS	11	First Potteries
63115	Newcastle BS	Hanley BS	39A	First Potteries
63103	Hanley BS	Fenton, Victoria Place	6	First Potteries

Today Matthew was returning to the residential unit, but first he was going out for dinner and doing his weekly shopping. Matthew Woke up at 08:00 and had his medication. Matthew got up just before 10:00 and had toast and orange juice for breakfast. After mum had got home from an appointment, we set off to Festival Park. We got in the car and we headed onto the A5035. We turned right onto Stanley Matthews Way and we joined the Westbound A50. We turned right onto the A500 and we headed Northwards. As we headed through Stoke we saw 2 red Metroline Wright bodied double deckers going Southwards. We continued to Etruria and we turned right onto the A53. We veered left onto Forge Lane and we stopped at the pub. As we parked up we saw First Potteries 67141 on a #39A doing the new bit of the route along Shelton Boulevard. Matthew we went to the toilet, and afterwards we sat down. Matthew had a carvery with gammon, pis in blankets, yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, mashed potatoes, carrots, parsnips and gravy. Matthew washed this down with a glass of Coke. For dessert Matthew had a Mars Attacks with a scoop of ice cream. When we had finished we went out to the car. We saw grey minibus SH71 KLM parked up in the car park.

SH71 KLM in Festival Park

We got in the car and we set off onto Shelton Boulevard. We turned left onto the Etruria Valeey Link Road and we went under the A500 and into the retail park. We parked up at Asda and we saw blue minibus SF20 BSO parked up.

SF20 BSO in Wolstanton

We went into Asda and we did Matthew weekly shop. When we had finished we headed back to the car. We got in the car and we set off out of the retail park and we turned right. We joined the Southbound A500 and we ran through Etruria and Stoke to Sideway. We went Eastwards up the A50 and we saw Ausden Clark Yutong coach AC24 ACG. We came off the A50 and onto Stanley Matthews Way. We turned left onto the A5035 and we got back to Blurton around 13:40. in the afternoon we chilled out on the computer and wrote some of the Blog. Matthew had a can of Irn Bru. Just after 16:00 we set off towards Fenton. We set off through Burton and we ran along Beaconsfield Drive. We turned left onto Church Street and left onto Blurton Road. We went through the traffic lights onto Heron Steeet. We carried on forwards onto Station Bridge Road and we turned left onto Christchurch Street and we turned left onto Masterson Street and we saw Stafford & District Community Link OW73 RYR. We turned right onto Watkin Street and we continued onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. We went upstairs to his room and we put all his shopping in his cupboard or in the kitchen. For tea Matthew had chicken & rice. Matthew then went out to catch a bus to Hanley. Whilst we waited to go out we went downstairs and onto Temple Street. We turned cut through onto City Road and we headed towards the bus stop. On the way we saw Afford rent-a-car YR24 XGF parked up at their garage. We continued down to the bus stop and whilst we waited we saw First Potteries 67145 on a #11 to Hanley. A short time later we saw a bus approaching. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 67180 on a #11 to Newcastle.

First Potteries 67180 in Fenton

We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle before sitting down towards the back of the bus. The bus set off down City Road and we ran down the hill over the old railway line to Leek and onto the A52. We ran under the railway line and over the A500 and straight into Stoke town centre along Church Street. After a brief stop in Stoke we continued along church Street and forwards onto Hartshill Road. We ran up the hill and into Hartshill and we ran forwards onto George Street and we ran down the hill into Newcastle. We turned left at the roundabout onto Barracks Road and into the bus station where we got up and got off the bus. We got in the bus station and there was already a bus we could catch in the bus station. As it got closer we saw that it was First Potteries 63115 on a #39A to Hanley.

First Potteries 63115 in Newcastle bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Hanley before we sat down near to the back of the bus. We set off out of the bus station and onto Barracks Road. We crossed the Jubilee Roundabout and onto the A53. We ran into Basford and over the A500. We ran down into Etruria and over the A500. We continued along the A53 and we turned left onto Forge Lane. We turned left onto Shelton Boulevard and we saw First Potteries 63178 on a #38A to Crackley. We turned right onto Etruria Valeey Link Road and we ran out along the Lane and we crossed over the canal before we returned back into Etruria along festival Way. We crossed under the A53 onto Etruria Road. We turned right onto the ring road and we ran around anti-clockwise to Bethesda Street. We turned right onto John Street and we ran up the hill to the bus station. We got up and got off the bus and Matthew visited the toilet. A short time later we saw a bus approaching. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 63103 on a #6 to Coalville.

First Potteries 63103 in Hanley bus station

We got on the bus and we booked to Fenton before we sat down. We set off out of the bus station onto John Street and we turned left onto Bethesda Street. We turned left onto the ring road and we turned right onto Lichfield Street and past the site new Lidl. We crossed over Joiners Square. We crossed the roundabout onto Victoria Road and we ran up the hill into Fenton. At the top of the hill we got up and got off the bus. Once off the bus we set off on foot up Victoria Road and we went sharp right onto City Road. We turned left onto Christchurch Street and we turned right onto Temple Street and back to the residential unit. Matthew went up to his room to chill out. He used his computer and watched music videos on the Television. 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