Trip to Newcastle / Trent Vale 26-06-2026

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
63358	Newcastle, O/s Cherry Tree PH	Trent Vale, Black Lion	22	First Potteries

Today Matthew was going to Blurton and going to see the grandparents. But first he was going out shopping. Matthew woke up at 08:00 and had his medication. When Matthew got up he had breakfast. For breakfast Matthew had pancakes. Later in the morning Matthew went out in a car to The Range. Matthew came downstairs and we got in a car. We set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto City Road and we ran down the hill into Stoke. We turned into the car park and parked up. Matthew went into the shop and he bought a present for mum. When we had finished we returned to the residential unit. We got in the car and we set off out of the car park onto City Road. We ran up the hill to Fenton and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto Temple Street and back to the reidential unit. Matthew went upstairs and chilled out in his room. For dinner Matthew had sausage chips and gravy washed down with a can of Coke. Matthew tried to keep cool and waited for us to come and pick him up. We came to pick Matthew up, and due to the hot weather we decided to go straight to grandma's and to catch a bus later on when it was hopefully a little cooler. Matthew came downstairs and got in the car. We set off onto Temple Street and we turned right onto Smithpool Road. We turned left onto City Road and we ran down the hill into Stoke. We ran under the railway line and we saw First Potteries 35947 on a #25 to Hanley. We crossed over the A500 and we ran into Stoke. We ran around the one-way system and we went forwards onto the A52 and we saw silver minibus BL26 ZFE. We ran into Hartshill and we turned left onto The Avenue. We turned right onto Parkstone Avenue and left onto Occupation Street. We parked up near to Grandmas and we headed inside out of the heat. At Grandma's Matthew had toast and a can of Irn Bru and used her computer. When it was time to go we went to the pub by bus. We walked down the hill via Victoria Street to the A34 and we waited for a bus towards Trent Vale. A short time later we saw the bus approaching. As it got closer we saw it was First Potteries 63358 on a #22 to Longton.

First Potteries 63358 in Newcastle

We got on the bus and we booked to Trent Vale before sitting down towards the back of the bus. We set off along the A34 and we turned left into the hospital. We saw First Potteries 35940 on a #25 to Keele. We turned right onto Hilton Road and we ran forwards onto Harpfields Road. We ran to the end and we turned left onto the A34. We got up and got off at the next stop. Once off the bus Matthew took another picture of First Potteries 63358 as it carried on towards Longton.

First Potteries 63358 in Trent Vale

We headed along the A34 and we walked into the pub and we sat down at our one our normal tables. Matthew had a brunch with oatcakes followed by toffee sponge pudding with ice cream. Highlights of the bus sightings included Leons 256 Heading Southwards, First Potteries 63349 on a #101 to Stafford and D&G Bus 3014 on a #22 to Longton. Once we had finished eating we set off along the A34. We ran under the A500 in Hanford and we continued into Trentham. We turned left onto the A5035 into Blurton. We got back around 19:25. Matthew chilled out on his computer and we sorted a few things out. We wrote the Blog and sent a couple of e-mails. Later on Matthew had a can of Cherry Coke. We chilled out on the sofa until bedtime around 00:00... Mark