Bus |
From |
To |
Service |
Operator |
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1647 |
Benitlee |
Hanley |
Charter |
Wardle Transport |
1647 |
Hanley |
Bentilee |
Charter |
Wardle Transport |
Today Matthew was in respite. We had arranged for a PA to help take him out, and they decided to take him to Hanley. Matthew was awake up at 03:45 in the morning! At 09:00 he got up, had a wash and then had Toast for breakfast. At 10:00 the PA turned up and they had arranged for him to go on a Wardle Transport minibus which was Wardle Transport 1647. we set off down Dividy Road and in into Buckanll. They then traveled up Bucknall New Road and into Hanley. When they got there they visited the new bus station so he could see a few buses. One such bus was Wardle Transport 4687.
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| Wardle Transport 4687 in Hanley |
A few minutes later we saw First Potteries 41502 on a #23 service.
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| First Potteries 41502 in Hanley |
After seeing a few buses they walked down to the Potteries museum and art gallery.
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| The Potteries museum and art gallery |
Inside the museum he spotted this bronze statue of a soldier.
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| Statue in the museum |
He went to the toilet first and then they started to go around the museum. One of the exhibits was for Reginald Mitchell and the Spitfire.
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| a Spitfire in the museum |
They then went into the natural history section where there were stuffed animals which you find in the local area. One of the animals was an Australian Wallaby. Some of these escaped into the wild some years ago and used to be seen in the Roaches.
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| a Wallaby in the museum |
There are also birds of prey too. One of the birds was a Buzzard, which seem to be becoming moor common in these here parts.
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| A Buzzard in the museum |
They went through the pottery exhibition ans also a street scene from the past. Tey must have come back through the Reginald Mitchell section as he took a picture of a Merlin engine from a Spitfire.
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| A Spitfire engine in the museum |
When they had finished in the museum they walked up to MacDonalds for dinner. Matthew had a burger, fries and a drink of Coke. After that they walled up to the Potteries shopping centre and had a walk around there too.
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| Monsoon in the Potteries Shopping Centre |
They walked back to the bus station and Matthew took a few more pictures until the bus returned to collect them. One of the buses we was First Potteries 41493.
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| First Potteries 41493 in Hanley |
A few minutes later they back to minibus Wardle Transport 1647 which turned up to pick him up and they got on it. They set off around Hanley and then down Bucknall New Road. we passed Wardle Transport 3415 on the inbound #118 service. They got back to Bentilee around 14:00. Later Matthew went out for at the new Florence. They went Along Dividy road to Anchor Road. They then went down to Longton and along Lightwood Road. He had A All Day Big Breakfast washed down with Coke. For afters he had Chocolate Fudge Cake with ice cream. They set off back along Lightwood road and then around Longton. we went passed Z carz today depot we saw LDV minibus T408 JUX & DS51 ZJT, VW S973 OVP, Iveco HX51 HRU, DAF minicoach W344 WNS and Mercedes minibus CE02 LYX. we then went along Willow Row was Ford DL03 HHU. and onto the upper road of the A50. They crossed the A50 and then they passed the bus station and onto Anchor Road. They then went up Anchor Road and they stopped at Adderley Greens shop for a can of Coke and a Galaxy Caramel. They carried on up Anchor road and then they Turned onto Dividy Road and back to the respite place. Afterwards they went back where he watched the telly, used his computer and then had a bath. He had toast fur supper and then he chilled out before bedtime...Mark
