It was a bit over a week ago that I was going to write a rant about the lack of bus timetables at the bus stops in Hay - but a friend sent me some correspondence they had been having with Powys County Council, who are responsible for putting the timetables up. They said they were treating it as a priority and the timetables would be up by today.
So I went to check this morning, and - rapture!
Then I checked across the road - modified rapture!
As you can see, someone has put up a handwritten timetable in the absence of the official one.
And telling people to scan a QR code is not entirely helpful. I have a smart phone, but I don't know how to do QR codes, and I don't feel inclined to learn.
Sergeants buses took over the Hereford - Hay - Brecon route on 1st September, and it is now 15th November. On the Herefordshire side of the border, the timetables went up very quickly, and there was even a special notice warning about the disruption to the service because of roadworks in Dorstone.
It would be nice if Powys County Council would do a bit more to encourage people to use the bus service, and make it easier for them to do so.
Re scanning the code. It's easier than you might think. Open the camera app on your phone and point the camera at the code. A website link then pops up on the screen. Click on the link the relevant webpage opens up. (The autoscan feature is a setting on your camera app but is normally already enabled.)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice. I'm sure I could do it if I had to - I just resent having no choice about it (childish, I know!)
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