'Most events in Shropshire are held on a Sunday or a bank holiday, it seems ridiculous that on those days no buses run' - Your Letters: September 12

Most of the special events in Shropshire are held on a Sunday or a bank holiday.

It seems ridiculous that on those days no buses run.

Of course, it stems from an age when people stayed at home on Sunday and there was no demand for travel.

Things have changed, but not in Shropshire, where despite events like the Bridgnorth Music and Arts and the Italian Car Festivals, to name but two, exclude those people who can't or would rather not drive here.

If you want to take advantage of Shropshire's many pubs and restaurants, then a car isn't advisable.

Shropshire Council declared a Climate Emergency in, I think, 2019. Whilst many regions are decarbonising their bus fleet, we just need buses that provide the kind of connectivity that brings customers to our High Streets and, of course, our many special events.

Things are unlikely to change until the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, wakes up to the fact that there are regions beyond London and the Metropolitan boroughs, that require substantial investment if we are to have a properly connected, buoyant economy.

Mike Crump, Bridgnorth

WOMEN'S RUGBY AN INSPIRATION

​Sport has always been good for me both physically and mentally and no-one should be exempt. 

I have tried most sports from football and rugby through squash and tennis. 

I even ran in the English schoolboys cross-country championships where I finished somewhere in the middle although I was a couple of years younger than the average. In my late 40s and early 50s I used to get up at 6am and run 18 miles in a time that would have given me a three hour marathon. It carried me through some very tough times. 

These days post 14 hour heart attack, both hips replaced and bronchial asthma I watch rather than take part.

Luckily rugby has always been my favourite sport so I have the joy of watching the English Women's rugby team. 

They obviously know their game inside out and to call them a team is an understatement. Their driving scrums are a thing of beauty. 

It would be brilliant if when they give up rugby they entered politics. 

No blaming others if things go wrong, always giving their all for their country and working as a world beating team. 

We can but dream.

Roger Watts, West Midlands

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