FOR the good people of St Briavels Common, just a little public service announcement that might make yours, and my, life a little easier.

Sick and tired of having to back up for that enormous school coach that comes down the lanes?

Change the time you leave home then! I or one of my co-workers have to leave the Hudnalls loop at 8.10. We cannot change that. However now armed with this knowledge perhaps some of you could either leave five minutes earlier or later. That way the risk of either a collision or sheer inconvenience will be minimised.

Also we also only use the one entrance/exit, so if residents could use the Chepstow exit between 8.05 and 8.15 and 15.50 and 16.00, again hopefully the flow of traffic will be uninterrupted and karma will be in balance once more.

– Yours, usually going backwards, the coach driver.