Roseland Community Transport
We held our 4th Annual General Meeting on 24th June, the summary of the year was:
We started off the year by launching our dial-a-ride scheme. With a core of three drivers willing to give their time and two others who could occasionally do the odd run it was always going to be a struggle to get the scheme off the ground. Unfortunately after running it for six months we only had a few people take up the opportunities it offered and had to give up on the idea. The next project we are looking into is the possibility of setting up a volunteer car scheme to run alongside the bus, and hopefully this will prove more popular. We will be handing out questionnaires and gaining your opinions at the local fairs and events around the Roseland this summer. Please come and talk to us.
We have introduced two new roles to the committee this year, that of Maintenance coordinator to oversee the checking of the bus and organising our maintenance schedule and a fundraising coordinator to organise our fund raising activities. We thank Dave Giles, Philip Rundle and Wendy Rundle for taking on these roles.
The end of this year has seen us take the decision to increase our fees. They have not been increased since we started in 2007 and with the higher fuel and maintenance costs; it was a necessary decision we had to make.
The bus has been out on 20 excursions which have been very successful. We have visited Trevarno, Trebah, Pencarrow, Royal Cornwall Show, St. Austell, Trago, been on Mystery Trips, been to see productions at The Minack Theatre and Hall for Cornwall. Our most successful excursions are to the gardens and houses around Cornwall closely followed by the Mystery Trips that Peter Messer-Bennetts put on, thank you Peter. We must also thank The Millennium Rooms who continue to take our bookings.
We would like to finish by thanking all the community groups who have hired the bus this year.
Our up and coming excursions for the summer are:
Philleigh Fair – 4th August – £2
Tregony Heavy Horse Show – 8th August – £2
Trago shopper – 10th August – leaving St. Mawes 9am – £6
Fowey Regatta to see the Red Arrows – Leave St. Mawes 1pm – £6
West of England Steam Fair – 21st August – leave St. Mawes – 9.30am – £6
Portscatho Regatta – 28th August – £2
St. Ives via the train from St. Erth – 8th Sptember – Bus only – £7
Padstow for lunch – 19th September – leave St. Mawes 10am – £9.50
We pick up passengers from anywhere on the Roseland. To book a seat telephone the Millennium Rooms on 01326 270440
