Musings from the Merse
Monday, February 19, 2007
Fishwick-Traffic Chaos continues
An interesting comment on the proposed development at Fishwick arrived in my absence in Livingstone, Scotland . As follows :
Good Morning, Sir. I was recently reading your blog, and I thought...how dosy can one get? - the rod fishing hasn't started yet so there won't yet be a contra flow* rush of traffic morning and evening at the notoriously hazardous Fishwick corner! "Farmer C"
Well there is a point of view for you. The only contraflow of traffic I have seen near the Fishwick corner was a tractor reversing around it and that is certainly dangerous enough to justify all kinds if imaginative solutions. And justifying six building sites is very imaginative.
And very profitable
And as for the rod fishermen. The most I have seen at one time was two. Which is good as the most number of cars which can park on the muddly verge before the descent to the Fisheries (a bit of muddy bank, with no facilities, not even an ATM) is, yes, two. I think 'dosy' is a misprint for 'cosy. Nice one Farmer C
* And thankyou for clearing this one up-Fishwick Special Branch were under the impression that Contra Flow were a South American Terrorist Organisation and have been keeping an eye open for them. Stand down now, Girls.
An interesting comment on the proposed development at Fishwick arrived in my absence in Livingstone, Scotland . As follows :
Good Morning, Sir. I was recently reading your blog, and I thought...how dosy can one get? - the rod fishing hasn't started yet so there won't yet be a contra flow* rush of traffic morning and evening at the notoriously hazardous Fishwick corner! "Farmer C"
Well there is a point of view for you. The only contraflow of traffic I have seen near the Fishwick corner was a tractor reversing around it and that is certainly dangerous enough to justify all kinds if imaginative solutions. And justifying six building sites is very imaginative.
And very profitable
And as for the rod fishermen. The most I have seen at one time was two. Which is good as the most number of cars which can park on the muddly verge before the descent to the Fisheries (a bit of muddy bank, with no facilities, not even an ATM) is, yes, two. I think 'dosy' is a misprint for 'cosy. Nice one Farmer C
* And thankyou for clearing this one up-Fishwick Special Branch were under the impression that Contra Flow were a South American Terrorist Organisation and have been keeping an eye open for them. Stand down now, Girls.
Comments:
Farmer C has commented :
"The Fishwick Mains to Fishwick road does indeed become congested , morning and evening, between March and October with numerous velocitous 4x4s carrying aspiring/despairing/elated salmon fishermen - usually between 4 and 10 vehicles on each occasion - to and from the Tweedhill Fishings. There are some local residents who refer to these "sportsmen" as "hedgehogs"! - presumbly on the basis that it has long been alledged that the difference between a Range Rover and hedgehog depends upon whether the pricks are inside or outside"
Well he certainly lives there and knows his traffic flow. But I still can't help feeling that even 20 extra vehicle movements ,daily,for half the year , justifies a brand new stretch of road. This seems to many of us more about a waish to sell plots for six houses than a real concern for road safety.
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"The Fishwick Mains to Fishwick road does indeed become congested , morning and evening, between March and October with numerous velocitous 4x4s carrying aspiring/despairing/elated salmon fishermen - usually between 4 and 10 vehicles on each occasion - to and from the Tweedhill Fishings. There are some local residents who refer to these "sportsmen" as "hedgehogs"! - presumbly on the basis that it has long been alledged that the difference between a Range Rover and hedgehog depends upon whether the pricks are inside or outside"
Well he certainly lives there and knows his traffic flow. But I still can't help feeling that even 20 extra vehicle movements ,daily,for half the year , justifies a brand new stretch of road. This seems to many of us more about a waish to sell plots for six houses than a real concern for road safety.
