From the Dorset Echo -
"A PENSIONER has spoken of his fears that a lifeline bus service he relies upon to get into Dorchester will be scrapped.
George White, 71, from Tolpuddle, uses the Wilts and Dorset bus to travel to the county town to visit the bank and do his shopping.
But now he claims he has been told the service is set to be axed as part of a transport shake-up in May.
"Apparently there will be no buses to Dorchester at all," he said.
"I don't own a car. The next village is two miles away and there's no pavement and some nasty bends. I do try and save money here and there but I just can't afford £30 taxi fares to get there and back, it's out of the question."
Mr White, of Trent Close, regularly uses the 187 - which travels from Poole to Weymouth - to get into Dorchester."
Another example of how public transport in this country fails to live up to the so - called "green agenda" of the politicians. This country needs a transport network that promotes the advancement of this country not only in economic terms but in social terms also. "Use public transport" we keep hearing, but then this is inadequate, whilst at the same time one is robbed by Red Brown for having the temerity for getting behind the wheel of a car. Let's have some sense for God's sake! What are they thinking?
