John Roadknight, of Buckwell Road, Kingsbridge, writes: Is a 'Closed on Sundays' ­message and a reduced weekly rural bus service really one that we want to adopt in an increasingly 24/7 world? The last time, under a ­previous Conservative administration, those of us who are unable to drive were cut off on winter Sundays. I remember picking up a young French hitchhiker in Totnes who had disembarked from a Brittany ferry earlier that morning. He had booked a ­sailing holiday in Salcombe and was surprised to be told that his best way to get to Salcombe was to catch a train from Plymouth to Totnes and then hitch. I thought our local economy was very much dependent on tourism. Presumably any non-driver employee living in a village currently on a bus route ­working on Sundays will soon have to rely on friends or family to drive them to and from work, or alternatively walk. How is someone who cannot drive and does not want to bother friends and relatives expected to visit a sick patient at Derriford on a Sunday? I am sure there are many unselfish pensioners who would prefer to give up their free bus passes and start paying a reduced fare in order to enable those of us who are completely dependent on bus services to be able to continue to do so. Many years ago I picked up an elderly Thurlestone resident to take him to an appointment at Derriford. On the way he told me he could never envisage a time when he would be put in the position of thanking the Labour Party, until they provided the subsidy for rural bus services that helped him regain his freedom, independence and dignity.