It's because you live in such an out of the way place....
Most of our friends use their bus pass on the Park&Ride to Edinburgh airport. Even the drop off costs now but the buss is free with the pass. P&R also does 24x7 parking so short trips to London become a blast with no parking costs and no cost to get to the airport.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand Binary and those who do not.
Suff, you missed the point. The Ostrich didn't use his bus pass for the bus or for the parking. He used it for the Old Gimmer deals in Iceland - the supermarket, not the country.