postbus

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The women, who asked not to be named, said: "This is a personal tragedy for me, because the postbus was the only way I could get down to Bellingham, or on to Hexham.

HX News and Sport 2009
When the time came, I piled into the postbus with seven other assorted travelers, a strange collection of mysterious tourists, and headed across Islay to catch the afternoon ferry toward the Scottish mainland.

In Search of Orwell's Scottish Retreat 1994
The postbus was introduced some 20 years ago, when the Royal Mail first decided to let the general public take advantage of the fact post vans were travelling to remote rural locations on a regular basis, with spare capacity.

HX News and Sport 2009
Dixe Wills hops the postbus towards a Scottish village perched at the British mainland's most north-westerly tip guardian. co.uk,

Travel news, travel guides and reviews | guardian.co.uk Dixe Wills 2008
A Royal Mail spokesman said: "In partnership with county councils, the Royal Mail provides a number of postbus services in remote rural areas and makes every effort to sustain these services, with appropriate council subsidy.

HX News and Sport 2009