Plans to ban coaches in Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds
Coach operator reacts to plans to ban coaches from Cotswolds tourist hotspot Bourton on the Water.
We speak with Andy Pulham from Pulham & Son's Coaches, established in the village in 1880.
We speak with Andy Pulham from Pulham & Son's Coaches, established in the village in 1880.
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00:23 Hi.
00:38 So my name's Andy Pullum from Pullum's Coaches
00:41 in Borton-on-the-Water.
00:42 And obviously, I'm concerned about the TRO
00:44 that's being proposed by the parish council here in Borton.
00:49 I take an awful lot of people out
00:51 of the village that are somewhat less privileged
00:53 and perhaps don't have a car, or elderly people that perhaps
00:56 can't drive anymore.
00:58 And we do numerous trips all over the UK.
01:00 And I'm concerned that other operators around the UK that
01:03 do similar trips will no longer be
01:05 able to bring those kind of people, that demographic
01:09 of people into the village.
01:10 And I think that's really, really disappointing.
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01:47 None of us want an unsafe solution.
01:50 None of us want the village to be unsafe.
01:53 But what we do want to do is engage
01:54 with the parish and Cotswold District Council
01:57 to look at a safe place for coaches
01:59 to drop off that doesn't affect the residents,
02:02 and so that people can still continue to enjoy coming
02:06 to this lovely village.
02:07 So that's what I'm looking to achieve.
02:09 Thank you.
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