Plans to ban coaches in Bourton on the Water in the Cotswolds

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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.

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00:00 [BIRDS CHIRPING]

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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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01:16 [BIRDS CHIRPING]

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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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