Comments on: Speed Bonny Van… http://robbielesiuk.com/archives/51 A musician of sorts Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:00:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Robbie http://robbielesiuk.com/archives/51#comment-197 Robbie Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:08:49 +0000 http://robbielesiuk.com/archives/51#comment-197 Erm... it was just a light-hearted throwaway comment about a folk song that has gone a bit out of date. Not really meant to cause offence or cause your blood pressure to rise over a set of tolls that I agree were outrageous. £11.40 for a trip you could just about make in a Dukes of Hazard style leap is kind of pricey. Also, I took advantage of the freeness by driving over the bridge a couple of times in the two days I was there. Having spent some time on other Scottish Islands, the boat may be fun as a tourist but I can imagine it becomes a huge pain in the ass for locals needing regular access to stuff on the mainland. For a follow up, I was going joke that people can argue all they like about whether the high road or the low road gets you to Scotland quicker, but I'll be using the M6 extension when they finally build it. Maybe I will offend someone from Carlisle though. Erm… it was just a light-hearted throwaway comment about a folk song that has gone a bit out of date. Not really meant to cause offence or cause your blood pressure to rise over a set of tolls that I agree were outrageous. £11.40 for a trip you could just about make in a Dukes of Hazard style leap is kind of pricey.

Also, I took advantage of the freeness by driving over the bridge a couple of times in the two days I was there. Having spent some time on other Scottish Islands, the boat may be fun as a tourist but I can imagine it becomes a huge pain in the ass for locals needing regular access to stuff on the mainland.

For a follow up, I was going joke that people can argue all they like about whether the high road or the low road gets you to Scotland quicker, but I’ll be using the M6 extension when they finally build it. Maybe I will offend someone from Carlisle though.

]]> By: Ray Shields http://robbielesiuk.com/archives/51#comment-195 Ray Shields Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:18:59 +0000 http://robbielesiuk.com/archives/51#comment-195 If losing romanticism means we can drive across for free in about 45 seconds instead of queuing for a ferry every 30 minutes, we dont have to queue sometimes for hours in summertime when the 2 ferries couldnt cope with the amount of traffic in peak torusit season and we dont have to pay £11.40 ONE WAY with a car and caravan, then bye bye romanticism - whats so romantic about that! Otherwise, use one of the other two ferries that are still running between Mallaig-Armadale or (in summer) Geleneglg-Kylerea. If losing romanticism means we can drive across for free in about 45 seconds instead of queuing for a ferry every 30 minutes, we dont have to queue sometimes for hours in summertime when the 2 ferries couldnt cope with the amount of traffic in peak torusit season and we dont have to pay £11.40 ONE WAY with a car and caravan, then bye bye romanticism - whats so romantic about that!

Otherwise, use one of the other two ferries that are still running between Mallaig-Armadale or (in summer) Geleneglg-Kylerea.

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