oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Another grey autumnal morning.
My car is being collected by the local garage to get a service and new front tyres so I took the keys out and left them in the car before 8 o'clock and surprise I looked out at 0805 and no car. I trust it was the garage who took it.
The garage is now run by a local whizz kid who had been in the oil industry and is run on very businesslike lines.
Not like the old casual days where people dropped in for coffee and a chat and sometimes a haircut done by Willie Winkie. He was the barman in a local pub where there was none of this soft drink nonsense. No beer or spirits and you were not exactly ejected but definitely not welcome.
Ferry timetables in chaos again due to a hull problem with one boat and covid infection on another. The most popular sailing times for locals have been cancelled.
Talking of casual. In the local MacBrayne's office you were often dealt with by somebody who in fact was registered blind but had some sight. It came as a great surprise to many to discover he was not employed by them and had just dropped in for coffee and a chat.
Not now when it is all efficiency. Well apart from the frequent chaos caused by breakdowns etc.
My car is being collected by the local garage to get a service and new front tyres so I took the keys out and left them in the car before 8 o'clock and surprise I looked out at 0805 and no car. I trust it was the garage who took it.
The garage is now run by a local whizz kid who had been in the oil industry and is run on very businesslike lines.
Not like the old casual days where people dropped in for coffee and a chat and sometimes a haircut done by Willie Winkie. He was the barman in a local pub where there was none of this soft drink nonsense. No beer or spirits and you were not exactly ejected but definitely not welcome.
Ferry timetables in chaos again due to a hull problem with one boat and covid infection on another. The most popular sailing times for locals have been cancelled.
Talking of casual. In the local MacBrayne's office you were often dealt with by somebody who in fact was registered blind but had some sight. It came as a great surprise to many to discover he was not employed by them and had just dropped in for coffee and a chat.
Not now when it is all efficiency. Well apart from the frequent chaos caused by breakdowns etc.
