Preseli Rural Transport Association
News
(please note the latest news will be at the top)
26/7/10 The PRTA welcomes publicity for their services, so was pleased to see that one of their passengers has advertised the good work we are doing in The Shetland News.
It might also be a good time to remind passengers that Green Dragon buses do indeed accept Euros for their Fishguard through to Crymych service.
5/6/10 The PRTA Office has now joined the digital age, with broadband access.
Why these things should take so long (3 months) is anyone's guess!
The access is still somewhat unconventional, being a step through a hole in the wall, but we hope our landlord will get the job sorted out sometime soon!
9/5/10 The PRTA attended the launch of the Preseli Walking Festival
A month long festival of walks and tours in North Pembrokeshire encouraging people to get out and enjoy the amazing Pembrokeshire countryside.
The Preseli Green Dragon community minibuses are used during this festival to enable walkers to enjoy linear walks - leave their car at one end, have the bus take them to the other, and then they walk back to their cars.
(pic above) The Green Dragon meeting Derek Brockway, & GD2 (the minibus which runs on Straight Vegetable Oil). The weather forecast for the afternoons walk was
"Dry and sunny with a light breeze from the south west!"
5/5/10 The new office is now occupied & has a telephone. All that remains is to connect the internet. The postal address is:
The Old School
Bwlchygroes
Llanfyrnach
Pembrokeshire
SA35 0DP
Tel: 0845 6860242
30/4/10 After waiting over two months we finally have the telephone in the office!
We will try to deal with everything as normal, but if you do experience any difficulties we apologise. Normal service will resume as soon as possible.
10/4/10 The Big Lottery have decided not to fund the new community transport initiative put forward by the PRTA.
Unfortunately they have misunderstood a vital part of the application & having said they would telephone the PRTA to discuss the application, they did not!
An opportunity to expand our services in the local area will be delayed, but this setback will not stop the PRTA providing local people with local transport.
3/3/10, The Preseli Hills Bus timetable has just been announced for the summer 2010 & this year there will be a
NEW SERVICE
The Gwaun Vally Bus will connect Fishguard with Bwlch Gwynt via the Gwaun Valley.
This will enable passengers to connect from Haverfordwest to Fishguard, & then up onto the Preseli Hills for a days walking, & then head home again, all without a car!
The Preseli Hills bus will also run later in the day this year to give passengers that extra chance to stay out longer if they wish to make use of the longer summer daylight hours.
We hope you will use the service & enjoy this valuable new addition to the timetable of Pembrokeshire's buses
For information on these services click here
19/2/10 A VIP was in the area recently; Jane Davidson AM is Minister for the Environment, Sustainability and Housing, & on behalf of the Cabinet she leads on Climate Change and Sustainability. She visited the Cymdeithas Cwm Arian Association & was a passenger on Green Dragon II which is our veg-oil bus.
28/1/10 In conjunction with Hanes Llandudoch we will be running a New Dial-a-Ride service to the local provision market held at The Coach House, Llandudoch on Tuesday's, 10-1p.m.& also to the Craft Market held on the last Saturday in the month at the same venue (click for details)
7/12/09 It has come to our notice that some people are telephoning the drivers at their home to book a Dial-a-Ride. This will cause problems to the passengers because drivers change & do not deal with bookings etc.
Please telephone the office to ensure you are booked onto the service you require, or for certain services telephone the PCC Transport Dept. Thank you.
8/8/09: The PRTA would like to assure you that the phone number for our office is still
0845 6860242.
It appears that an office supply company in London is advertising our number as theirs. We hope they will change their advertising soon.
The AGM was held on 1st June in Cafe Beca
Green Dragon III is lottery funded; Our grateful thanks to them!
