CACE Committee member Liz Bennett keeps us up to date with her experiences using the Holme Valley Stotts Bus services supported by HVPC
Bus blog January 2025
The snow lasted a whole week, and I wasn’t keen to drive. By the end of the week I took the bus in to Holmfirth to get provisions. Another elderly resident was making the same journey, but she didn’t have the grippers on her shoes that I had. I wouldn’t have risked it on the icy, compacted pavements without them. What a good job that the bus drivers have such a “can-do “attitude. They are heroes. They even stopped at places where the pavements looked less risky.
I had some family staying for a few days. We decided to take the bus to Slaithwaite for shopping and lunch. Didn’t time it quite right. Once there and shopping done, I realised that because the local buses don’t run at school opening times ( they turn into school buses) that we would either stay for lunch and get home at 4.30 pm or go back home for lunch and get there at 1.30 pm. We chose to go home. I have fallen foul of this gap in the bus provision so many times!
Bus blog February 2025
As it is Saturday, I can catch the 9 am bus down to the Market in Holmfirth, and it is eligible for the bus pass! When I get the 9 am bus down on a Thursday, I pay the fare ( bus passes are only valid after 9.30 am on weekdays)
You need to get to the market early if you want bread from the Handmade Bakery stall. Then enough time to buy vegetables at the market. Jams, cakes and local meat from the Country Market in the Methodist Hall ( now very conveniently next to the open air market). Back home on the 10.15 bus. No driving chaos or parking charges.
Holme Valley Parish Council makes a financial contribution to the Holme Valley bus service with Stotts to help improve accessibility in the Valley and support climate action.