Today, another scheme from our elected representatives in Sandwick
Road, Stornoway to save the planet. All employees of Comhairle nan
Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) will be encouraged to give up their
cars, and as a reward they will be issued with umbrellas. That way,
council employees will be able to walk to work dry.
I have found an umbrella an unfortunately useless accoutrement in our
climate. Yes, it frequently rains here. But it also blows hard quite a
lot. I once came across a gentleman who tried to put up an umbrella in a
force 8 gale. He nearly flew to his destination.
So, people should use public transport, if they’re coming in from out
of town. Well, that means taking the bus. I am the last person in this
island to knock the bus services, but really, there have been reductions
in the buses in recent years. The town circular is now more a
triangular short hop, and some buses don’t come even though they’re
timetabled to do so.
Quite a few hare-brained ideas on public transport are thought out by
people who graciously plonk their posteriors in luxuriously heated
plush carseats, that they will not give up for any umbrella. So why
should anybody else?
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