Horse and carriage gets Hackney cab licence
A horse and carriage has been issued with a Hackney cab licence for the first time in 200 years in Bridport, Dorset.
Kate Bromfield and her horse Winston were assessed by council officials to gain the licence from West Dorset District Council, reports BBC Dorset.
Ms Bromfield, will start her new business, Kate’s Karriages, from the October half-term school holidays.
Her service will initially run from a car park in the town to the seafront and back again, although Ms Bromfield hopes to eventually apply for another route.
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A self-confessed newshound, farmer’s daughter and journalist of many years' experience, Charlotte worked on regional papers before joining H&H in 2007. A regular rider, she visited Ireland in 2010 to investigate the fate of Irish horses through the recession, to much acclaim, and reported from the FEI General Assembly in Rio de Janeiro in 2011. She left Horse & Hound in March 2013.