Tuesday 29 November 2016

Trip to Newcastle 29-11-2016
















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67639Magdalen Road, BlurtonNewcastle, opp Cherry Tree PH22First Potteries


Today Matthew wasn't very well... He woke up on Monday Morning with a swollen face. Matthew spent most of Monday at home apart from the time he spent at the doctors and at a local hospital having a blood test. When Matthew woke up this morning he was still poorly, so we went to get uncle Dave to look after him whilst I went to work and mum went to see Grandma. Matthew got up and toast and orange juice for breakfast. For dinner uncle Dave made Matthew a sausage sandwich. I got back from work around 15:00 and Matthew was much better than he was this morning so we decided to go to Grandma's on the bus, but first we had to drive uncle Dave back home. Matthew had some toast and a glass of orangeade. We set off just before 16:00 and we went through Blurton along Beaconsfield Drive. We passed First Potteries 66306 which was an unusual allocation on the #22 to Newcastle. We also passed First Potteries 42553 on a #23 to Hanley. We turned left onto Church Road and at the roundabout we turned left onto Blurton Road. We ran down the hill and up towards Heron Cross and we passed First Potteries 41540 on a #23 to Newstead. In Heron Cross we saw Lightning Travel minibus T2 DLT. We crossed over the A50 and we dropped into Fenton to drop off uncle Dave. After we had dropped him off we ran back up towards Heron Cross and we passed City Cabs SJ54 MWY coming the other way. We turned right onto Blurton Road and we passed Z Carz YE52 UZX. We crossed the A50 and we saw Z Carz GK02 NWJ. We continued along Blurton Road into Blurton and we passed Stanton's of Stoke minibus SO57 OKE. We ran up the hill and we turned right onto Church Road. We turned right onto Beaconsfield Drive and we got home around 16:15. We got out of the car and we walk all the way to the bus stop on Beaconsfield Drive. I had seen the bus so I didn't know what was going to turn up. The bus turned the corner and it was First Potteries 67639.


First Potteries 67639 in Blurton
We got on the bus and we booked to Newcastle before we sat down towards the back of the bus. We joined the Westbound A5035 and ran over the railway line into Trentham. We saw first Potteries 67638 on a #22 to Longton and Jayjay's Travel minibus DT15 GVR. We turned right into New Inn Lane and we climbed the bill into Hanford. We turned right into Wilson Road passing First Potteries 41502 on a #21 to the Trentham Hotel. We turned left Church Lane and we ran down the hill and joined the A34 where we saw First Potteries 67154 on a #21A to Trentham Gardens. We crossed under the A500 into Trent Vale and we turned right Harpfields Road were we saw First Potteries 66306 on a #22 to Longton again. We went forwards onto Hilton Road and we turned into the City General hospital. In the Hospital grounds we saw ABC Supreme NM07 OMC & Y368 TGE and First Potteries 32649 on a #25 to Hanley. We rejoined the A34 and we travelled North about 1/2 mile and we got up and got off the bus and Matthew took a picture of First Potteries 67639 as it carried on towards Newcastle.


First Potteries 67639 in Newcastle
We crossed over the A34 and we then walked back towards Grandma's house. At Grandma's Matthew had a can of Irn Bru and used her computer. We said goodbye to Grandma around 18:45 and we ran along Occupation Street and onto the A34. We ran South tot Trent Vale and we stopped at Tesco to put diesel in the car. We crossed over the A34 and we went to McDonalds to get Matthew's tea. Once we had picked up the food we went South down the A34 through Hanford and into Trentham. We turned left onto the A5035 and we ran over the railway line into Blurton. We got home around 19:45. When we got back Matthew ate his McDonalds, which was a cheeseburger, fries and chicken nuggets washed down with a Coke. Matthew then chilled out on his computer until bedtime around 23:00... Mark

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