madbluemad
Banned
We have had a dog all of our lives and she goes wherever we go. She has travelled on buses and trains throughout the UK with no problem at all.
Before Easter we went to a Camp Site just outside of Hereford. Very close to a village called Moreton on Lugg.
Before we went we made sure that there was public transport available.
When we tried to get on the bus we were told that we couldn't get on because they didn't allow dogs on their buses. There was nothing special about their buses by the way.
The bus company was Lug Valley Transport. Hereford web site identifies the "First" bus company as being the carrier for this route, First do allow dogs. I'm having a row at the moment with Herefordshire County Council who's transport manager thinks that my complaint is an insignificant waste of his time. He is wrong.
Funnily enough my wife's friend has a friend in Hereford and she rang her this morning to recount the story. She was amazed because all of her friends do take their dogs on the buses in Hereford. It seems to be this one bus company who have a cosy relationship with the transport manager.
This incident has raised a lot of issues, too many to recount here and now. Some people have been taken into Hereford and Leominster by bus and then refused transportation back. There is no other bus.
I need to find a way in to the local councilors ears, which I will do.
The Camp Site by the way is Cuckoos Corner, a small CS. It also has another camping field which is not CC so anybody can go. Great pitches for big RV's or Fivers.
Jim
Before Easter we went to a Camp Site just outside of Hereford. Very close to a village called Moreton on Lugg.
Before we went we made sure that there was public transport available.
When we tried to get on the bus we were told that we couldn't get on because they didn't allow dogs on their buses. There was nothing special about their buses by the way.
The bus company was Lug Valley Transport. Hereford web site identifies the "First" bus company as being the carrier for this route, First do allow dogs. I'm having a row at the moment with Herefordshire County Council who's transport manager thinks that my complaint is an insignificant waste of his time. He is wrong.
Funnily enough my wife's friend has a friend in Hereford and she rang her this morning to recount the story. She was amazed because all of her friends do take their dogs on the buses in Hereford. It seems to be this one bus company who have a cosy relationship with the transport manager.
This incident has raised a lot of issues, too many to recount here and now. Some people have been taken into Hereford and Leominster by bus and then refused transportation back. There is no other bus.
I need to find a way in to the local councilors ears, which I will do.
The Camp Site by the way is Cuckoos Corner, a small CS. It also has another camping field which is not CC so anybody can go. Great pitches for big RV's or Fivers.
Jim