as a car-less teenager i used the postbus, and postboat, service to get me all over the scottish highlands and islands. a better service than you might imagine, and for next to nothing, but their prices have inflated in line with national bus operaters.
it is a 'turn up and hope' system. many a day have i sat in a van (with seats) with a bag of letters on my lap! and the schedule was OK too.
60p for the bus it was then, and £1 for the boat to the islands! plus, the info gained by talking to the driver/pilot was second to none.
in them days the G.P.O. ran the service.
