LAST night after the fireworks in Morecambe I and about 150 other people trudged the half mile back to Euston Road to wait for the last bus. Obviously there wasn't room for us all on it. A lot of people walked back to Lancaster. The cars were bumper to bumper leaving Morecambe.

I stood at the bus stop with the crowds. Old people, anxious that they wouldn't get on. People with small children who couldn't push to the front. Teenage girls whose parents probably wouldn't believe them when they got home late. Who might get a lift from a stranger instead.

And why did we have to traipse all the way back to Euston Road? Would it have killed anyone to have laid on a couple of extra buses back from the pier? Fix up a temporary bus stop with a big sign? Will it be the same story every time? Maybe the organisers only want people to come to these events in cars. It looks that way.

If you want to improve public transport you have to improve public transport. If you want to clear traffic congestion you have to improve public transport. It's not just a phrase to stick in every speech and letter, it's something that materially affects our lives every day.

What's the number of the latest bus that stops nearest your house on a Sunday? What time is the last bus on a Wednesday?

How would you know, Mr Dawson?

Chris Simpson

Regent Street

Lancaster