Sir, – The decision, taken apparently without consultation, to cancel all buses serving the villages on the north side of Wensleydale is a scandal, and those who will suffer will be the elderly, infirm, or otherwise immobile residents, in addition to the visitors on which the economy of the area depends.

It is not beyond the wit of any thinking person to devise services, even reduced ones, which cover both sides of the Dale and I hope that this will be done.

MICHAEL BARNES, Redmire, Leyburn