Resident Jodie Bruce says she feels 'let down' by Stagecoach bus cuts in Little Burton.
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00:00 We finally found out about a week before they stopped.
00:04 Up until that point we had been promised that our estate wouldn't be affected.
00:10 I now, since it's been like this, I've been into town once a week.
00:16 I had thought about going in or going out to visit Bybrooke Barn
00:22 but the thought of doing both ways, I mean it's 10-15 minutes walk each way,
00:28 buying shopping and having to carry that with me, it's just put me off so I've stayed here.
00:34 It's bad enough when you're on your own.
00:37 The loneliness, I don't think it's describable.
00:40 People don't understand, they say lonely, they don't understand the word.
00:45 And just to get out, even if you are just with other people, don't speak to other people, is vastly important.
00:54 It feels as if you are part of something rather than just sitting here on your own
00:59 with your own thoughts going round your head, which isn't good for you.
01:03 I think it's our right that you do have some kind of transport.
01:08 It's more in the town than Kennington, we're closer to the town than Kennington and yet we get nothing.
01:15 Even to get up to the hospital, it's a five minute car journey from here up to the hospital.
01:23 For us, now it's even worse because we would have to go down, which is a 10-15 minute walk to get the bus into town.
01:32 We then have to wait for the C-Line to bring us all the way back up to right on our doorsteps.
01:39 So to get to the hospital, if you've got a hospital appointment, it's just impossible.
01:46 I just beg that the council and stagecoach get their heads together and realise that this situation cannot go on.
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