At 2.30 I will be at the Hexham bus station hoping the bus to Haltwhistle turns up on time as I have a surgery in Haltwhistle later that afternoon. This is all part of our efforts to get the local bus company Arriva to improve their service. I met with company reps after repeated complaints and I am pleased that we have a newer fleet and, I am hoping, a better attitude. However, I promised to ride this problem bus myself, so first day back in Northumberland now the House has risen I shall be on the Arriva bus seeing how prompt and improved it really is!
