WHAT a great asset the new 38 bus route is proving to be, travelling through Port Sunlight Village, after only one week most people are saying "this bus is a facility long overdue."

It has opened up a helpline for people who have provisionally been virtually housebound.

They can now go shopping at the Croft Retail Park or take a trip to West Kirby or Heswall.

Youngsters can go to the cinema and the other entertainment venues, all in all a much needed service, and to those selfish car owners who never use public transport, think of others and welcome the bus.

R J Furnival, Port Sunlight