oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Bright looking morning with a very red sky. Library day I think.
Black ice reported on a road a couple of miles away and my library parking is at the bottom of a steep slope. Better have a good check before I drive down there.
Calmac are being very daring and changing the 1700 ferry from Craignure to 1655 so that prospective train passengers do not have to sprint quite so fast to the station. This is being achieved by changing the turnround time to 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes. Could be interesting persuading some dozy passengers to get a move on but since not peak touroid season it should not be too hard.
Somebody in Oban met a youth at the top of the Rest and be Thankful said to be under 20 yers old who has cycled on an old mountain bike from south of France to take up a fish farm job in Morvern. Given the publicity and a fair bit of admiration no doubt somebody will offer him a lift the rest of the way.
The remarks by @mybike regarding a made in Scotland hat set me off looking at some old business records. It did remind me of a large firm who sold "Made in Scotland" knitwear. The wool was spun in Scotland and I think the labels printed but the garments were in fact made in Hong Kong. The said firm is no longer trading but it shows some of the dishonesty which went on.
Black ice reported on a road a couple of miles away and my library parking is at the bottom of a steep slope. Better have a good check before I drive down there.
Calmac are being very daring and changing the 1700 ferry from Craignure to 1655 so that prospective train passengers do not have to sprint quite so fast to the station. This is being achieved by changing the turnround time to 15 minutes instead of 20 minutes. Could be interesting persuading some dozy passengers to get a move on but since not peak touroid season it should not be too hard.
Somebody in Oban met a youth at the top of the Rest and be Thankful said to be under 20 yers old who has cycled on an old mountain bike from south of France to take up a fish farm job in Morvern. Given the publicity and a fair bit of admiration no doubt somebody will offer him a lift the rest of the way.
The remarks by @mybike regarding a made in Scotland hat set me off looking at some old business records. It did remind me of a large firm who sold "Made in Scotland" knitwear. The wool was spun in Scotland and I think the labels printed but the garments were in fact made in Hong Kong. The said firm is no longer trading but it shows some of the dishonesty which went on.
