UK pensioners: "What we don't spend on buses, we spend in the shops."

Free bus passes under threat and the pensioners who are fighting back | Money | The Guardian: "He says: “On your way you’re spending money on B&Bs, food and drink and putting money into the local economy. So when people say we don’t like retired tourists gallivanting on the bus pass for free, they ought to think again. What they aren’t spending on local buses, they’re spending in the local shops.”"