Forgotten country

IT’S been suggested by a Londoner that the soaring price of petrol will encourage people to use their cars less and so improve air quality in urban areas (Letters).

What about those who live in rural areas, where buses are less frequent and reliable, and many villages no longer have a grocery shop, so necessitating a journey into town. Just try getting by without a car.

My daughter lives in a village on the Isle of Wight with a bus service only every two hours. Going shopping by public transport to the nearest town of Newport takes most of the day and the last bus home is late afternoon.

The countryside is always forgotten. I wonder how many electric car charging points will be installed in villages.

GREGORY BROWN, East Barnet, Herts.