Came across a severe case of Chinese whispers on the Net tonight. Was browsing the Internet looking for references to Stornoway. Happened to find a number of references to the longest road tunnel in the world, which would be built between Stornoway and Ullapool. 41 miles, or 66 km. Well, nothing of the sort is proposed. NOTHING.
The Transportation Committee of the Western Isles Council is looking into the possibility of establishing a fixed link with the mainland. In an article in our local weekly, the Stornoway Gazette, it was mentioned that the closest points to the Isle of Skye, which itself is linked to the mainland by the famous bridge, were in Rodel, Harris, as well as in North Uist.
The story went into its own, wrong track, when editors had to make reference to the current established link between the Western Isles' capital, Stornoway, and the Scottish mainland. Which is our ferry. They immediately supposed that this would be replaced by a tunnel. Forty-one miles? I don't think so. Can also report that the idea of a tunnel is ridiculed locally, because the cost is likely to be astronomical. Am now going round the Internet to put this all right. Fat chance LOL
I would never drive in a tunnel that long. No way!
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