Saturday 21 April 2007

Saturday notes

Quiet day here, weather dreich. That means wet, windy and miserable. It's not really cold, 11C is quite acceptable for April in these parts.

The family of the gunman who committed the VT atrocity have apologised for their son's actions, saying that they could not recognise him from those actions. They are victims too in a way. It just plain hurts to read another story related to that tragedy.

Forgot to mention a few days ago that a plan has been mooted to improve transport links in the southeast of Lewis. The district of South Lochs is 12 miles south of here by sea, but by road it is up to 30 miles. An engineering study is being commissioned to build a causeway / bridge across Loch Erisort from the village of Laxay along the A859 Stornoway to Tarbert road to the townships of Kershader or Tabost in South Lochs. I know South Lochs very well indeed, having spent 3 months there in 2004/5.

The purple lines are my interpretation of the press reports, where I think the bridges may go. There are two possible locations.




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