There's a fair amount of consternation here in the
West Country about
Flybe. The railway service is close to non-existent once you're off the south coast, the roads now bear a strong resemblance to the surface of the Moon and if you see a bus, it's reported as a
Martian Tripod Machine they're so rare.
When I was a kid visiting
Co. Limerick where my old dear originated I used to travel up and down from
Doon in a pony and trap. Could be I'll end up in one again the way things are going.