But would you bother visiting an NT property if it meant having to make your way to a coach park, sitting on a coach for an hour and a half to arrive at the venue at a time chosen by the organisers, then only being able to leave at a time chosen by the organisers, and having to repeat the coach journey, and get back home from wherever they drop you? Or would you choose to do something enjoyable instead? I'd give it a miss and take the dog for a walk instead.mattheus wrote: ↑7 Jun 2023, 10:29amThey were popular backintheday due to cost (I also suspect people are less tolerant of other travellers these days, but it's probably a chicken/egg thing).Carlton green wrote: ↑7 Jun 2023, 9:00am Interesting thought that, coach excursions. Coaches trips like that are now a rarity but as a child they were an event. Why though would anyone want to use a coach when, as they do now, they have their own transport? There are reasons for wanting to use a coach but limited ones, IMHO.
Recent governments have made private motoring highly affordable, with public transport lagging behind [and our taxes paying for the disparity, mainly]. Imagine if the current £2 bus fares were extended to private coach hire schemes e.g. to NT properties?!?
All these things can be changed. They are all the result of choices - by individuals, councils, government etc ...
And maybe that is the way forward. Visit fewer places and find more to do at home.