Trip to Newcastle-under-Lyme 13/04/2011

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
40153	Wolstanton	Newcastle BS	99B	First Potteries
40153	Newcastle BS	Tunstall	99B	First Potteries
40151	Tunstall	Newcastle BS	99	First Potteries
40153	Newcastle BS	Wolstanton	98	First Potteries
F39 ENF	Crewe BS	Burford	X19	Stanways
F39 ENF	Burford	Crewe BS	X19	Stanways

Matthew Whilst in respite, they took Matthew out on a bus. First bus of the day was 40153 on a Newcastle bound service. When he got to the bus station he took a picture.


40153 again, in newcastle bus station (Matt)

Matthew decided D&G 137 Dennis Dart with Marshall body to go straight out again on this bus. when he got on he took a picture of the inside of this bus.


Inside 40153 (Matt)

He decided to do this up to Tunstall. At Tunstall he caught the next Newcastle bound bus which happened to be 40151. Back in Newcastle he photographed the inside of this bus too.


Inside 40151 (Matt)

At this point Matthew took a bit of a break from the buses. When he returned to the bus station he waited for the next Wolstanton bus. Also observed today was 40145. The next bus just happened to be 40153 again! Matthew was then able to take Arriva 7647 in Crewe.A few more picture before we departed for respite. Later Matthew was taken out to on service X19 Crewe - Burford - Malpas - Tarvin - Chester Stanways F39 ENF returning later he photographed the inside of this 53 seat Leyland Tiger Ex Heartlands bus. D&G 157 to Crewe. In Crewe he saw D&G 25 waiting to do it's next service and First PMT 40147 on a #20. Hanley - Tunstall. Afterwards back to Wolstanton and then had a walk to respite...Mark

Trip to Newcastle-under-Lyme 26-06-2010

Bus	From	To	Service	Operator
40152	Wolstanton	Newcastle BS	98	First Potteries

I was taken out on the bus by respite today. I did 40152 to Newcastle but didn't get apicture. I did get a picture of 40151 though.


40151 in wolstanton (Matt)

when at Newcastle I got a ride back in a car.The bus set down in , but we decided to stay on another stop to avoid taking Matthew through the busy streets. Next stop was in front of the tower which was probably even busier. A short walk along the front and we were in a quiet side street adjacent to the stop for the '6' where a slightly irate mum had been waiting for 25 minutes. Everyone else went back to the car via the toilets and I went to the take away / restaurant on the townside corner of Coral Island for 2 portions of chips to share before we set off home. We left around 18:00 as we left town we passed on Yeadon way, having finished it's duties for the day. Considering how chaotic everything was, I think it was a fairly successful trip. All 5 buses were photographed by Matthew and we managed to ride on