Etape Caledonia Sabotaged

[rossh]

The very frighteningly people at ACRE are defending him today as "a respectable Rannoch resident and Pitlochry businessman, a kirk elder, a member of Pitlochry Rotary Club, a community councillor and an activist in the community campaign for out-of-hours GP services in the area."

http://www.commentonline.co.uk/general/LocalCllrToDeselectatNextElection.htm

So maybe he's a great guy after all??

This Peter Hounam character is clearly ready to fight to he death over this one.

 

[ferret fur]

More to the point...He's a lawyer
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6328018.ece

 

[dodgy]

No way will he get a custodial sentence with all that previous good character evidence.

 

[Noodley]

He's on petition so being treated seriously.

 

[bigskelf]

open trap

Hmmmmn, think I smell a trap here. does the the term judas goat mean anything?
The "poor oppressed" acre people are now being abused and attacked by all the nasty arrogant cyclists. The individual involved will no doubt claim that he was driven to it.
I was a bit suspicious that acre had gone so quiet before the race.

Jeez I'm beginning to sound like a conspiracy theorist!

DLTBGYD... I think the best approach is to make the event a success and boycott any ACRE supporting business. But PLEASE lay off personal abuse or sending stuff to obvious targets. you are only playing their game.

excuse me, I need to go and replace the bacofoil covering on my my bike helmet

 

[HJ]

So here we have it Alex Grosset, 62, chairman of the Rannoch and Tummel Community Council and a church elder, from Bridge of Gaur, Pitlochry, has been charged with culpably and recklessly placing carpet tacks on the road. The charge states that the road was being used for a closed road cycle event and that Mr Grosset's actions caused damage to bicycles, emergency service vehicles and other associated vehicles.

An event which raised more that £250,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. You would think such a pillar of society would behave better, bring back the birch...

 

[papercorn2000]

Dear All

boy arrested is the Chair of the local Community Council

they are publicly accountable, albeit more to their own community, although I have written to them to let them know that my weekend camping trips may move this year and for confirmation if the Community Council feel the same way as their chair and what if any action will be taken against him by the Council

you may wish to do the same

RannochCommunityCouncil@pkc.gov.uk

Good work Inspector Gillan! You could also post said address on Braveheart and the like and ensure plenty of outraged bluster from more than just myself!

 

[ferret fur]

Do you know, if you look around the internewt, the place is awash with stories about this: Perthshire must be agog at the moment. If you believe some of the stories the area makes the avearge episode of Casualty look mundane. People having strokes, epileptic fits, braking legs. It all seems to be happening! Then, every so often I think to myself. This is all about a few minor roads along which very few people live, being closed for a few hours on a Sunday morning outwith the main tourist season. Crazy.

 

[gavintc]

So here we have it Alex Grosset, 62, chairman of the Rannoch and Tummel Community Council and a church elder, from Bridge of Gaur, Pitlochry, has been charged with culpably and recklessly placing carpet tacks on the road. The charge states that the road was being used for a closed road cycle event and that Mr Grosset's actions caused damage to bicycles, emergency service vehicles and other associated vehicles.

An event which raised more that £250,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. You would think such a pillar of society would behave better, bring back the birch...

You really could not make this up. I often laugh at the ridiculous plot lines of TV programmes claiming that real life is never so remarkable. Well, here we have it. This is absolutely stunning; church, rotary, lawyer, council member. A real pillar or is pillock of society. As someone else has commented, the gossip in Pitlochry must be interesting.

 

[Crackle]

So how did they track him down then, because I honestly didn't think they would, though I'm sure the local polis had a good idea who it was likely to have been but proving it..........

 

[Noodley]

Anyone know of a list of anti-event campaigners? My club runs a couple of events in Pitlochry/Rannoch areas and I would not like to support any business which was anti.

I would like to think our 'usual' cafe stops were not included, but if they are then I feel some direct action might be called for.

 

[adscrim]

So here we have it Alex Grosset, 62, chairman of the Rannoch and Tummel Community Council and a church elder, from Bridge of Gaur, Pitlochry, has been charged with culpably and recklessly placing carpet tacks on the road. The charge states that the road was being used for a closed road cycle event and that Mr Grosset's actions caused damage to bicycles, emergency service vehicles and other associated vehicles.

An event which raised more that £250,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. You would think such a pillar of society would behave better, bring back the birch...

He's a personal injury lawyer by all accounts. If only I'd had the fore thought to fall of a ladder or trip over some tacks...

 

[Fab Foodie]

So how did they track him down then, because I honestly didn't think they would, though I'm sure the local polis had a good idea who it was likely to have been but proving it..........

Police tacktics no doubt, the perpetrator's certainly got a screw loose, but now they've nailed him I hope he gets hammered by the courts.

 

[Crackle]

Police tacktics no doubt, the perpetrator's certainly got a screw loose, but now they've nailed him I hope he gets hammered by the courts.

 

[rossh]

Anyone know of a list of anti-event campaigners? My club runs a couple of events in Pitlochry/Rannoch areas and I would not like to support any business which was anti.

I would like to think our 'usual' cafe stops were not included, but if they are then I feel some direct action might be called for.

I can think of at least one cafe / gift shop you might want to put on that list. More positively I would love to know which businesses are genuinely losing any money as a result of the Etape but NOT opposing it. I am sure cyclists would make a special effort to support these.