Sir – We had visitors from Spain last week for a few days. While on their coach from the airport to Gloucester Green, they ‘phoned us, so that we were able to time our ‘collection’ to near perfection, with a turnaround of about six minutes.

While the young lady at the ticket machine helped me to key in my car registration number, it still cost me £3.30 ... and five days later, we returned our visitors and luggage to the bus station car park. (Another £3.30 for seven minutes.) While accepting the small loss of revenue to the council, surely Oxford, with its many visitors, deserves some form of free, limited time, drop-off and collection area, as is provided in many other cities.

Terry Strange
Wootton, nr Abingdon