a small bus company launched a service to reconnect communities after public transport routes were cut. today, the mountain goat minibus is still a familiar sight — and the firm has marked its golden anniversary with a nostalgicjourney. 0ur reporterjudy hobson was on board. a day to celebrate a lake district icon. the mountain goat buses have been guiding tourists around this spectacular countryside for half a century. and today the fleet is recreating their first ever mountain goat route. it's the highest metalled road in the lake district. jim is our driver as we make our way over kirkstone pass to ullswater. i seem to be able to regurgitate odd facts which i didn't even know i knew. not put a lot of work in, really, i'm just interested in it, so it's not work. for the past eight years, the mountain goat company has run this pioneering service, carrying holiday— makers where the other bus services don't go. the buses were first launched