Getting to school in the 50's and 60's

Maybe my mother took me to school on odd occasions - but I really have no recollection of that. I do remember running to and from school (primary school) most days in order to save the  one and half old pence bus fare; when I went by bus, it was not a school bus, it was an ordinary bus (the 119 or 194a if I remember correctly). At one stage, I was cycling 15 miles each way to and from my grammar school - not on cycle lanes, but on the normal traffic laden road; no crash helmet, just a yellow cape in the rain, cycling gauntlets when it was cold and, of course, cap on my head; most other boys at my school (boys only, no mixed sex schools then) also walked,ran or cycled to school - I have no memory of any pupil being driven to school by a parent.