Do you get picked up from your house

I have NEVER come across this. All of my friends family etc have always been picked up and driven home after a driving lesson. I no longer live in the city and instructors are charging £84 for a lesson and expecting me to catch the bus.

is this just in the countryside as i did not have this in london?

EDIT: - thanks for response. Seems like my instructor was doing what was best for him. The drive from our meeting place was 10 minutes but 35mins on the bus and often the bus was late which meant i missed parts of my lesson. Seems this one was a bad egg.