Friday 21 October 2016

Is our City under siege by the Utility Companies and profiteers?

Put quite simply, bloody roadworks everywhere you TRY to go, it is easier to walk down the  street than to get into a car or on the bus make towards the City.  Latest hold ups where new roundabouts are being built at Rosewell and Wallyford to accommodate private home builders.  Several weeks of inordinate delays as the road works do not take priority over the house building.  Health and safety running riot with traffic lights , yet another excuse for bumping up the price of jobs.  Just like the Gas company charging a householder £600 to put up scaffolding because the engineers are not allowed to work from ladders as they used to.  We now see and hear, the new houses have a shorter warranty than some new cars !!!  and latest by Taylor Wimpey in Gorebridge is new houses riddled by mould. Busy week with work during the day and then evening meetings in Edinburgh, Denny and Bonnyrigg, no time to sample my current new batch of Red wines from Oz.
Mr MacInally heading over for the IPA meeting at Auchterarder on Sunday, so a nice wee run up there on the Steed for lunch and a bit of spectator participation.
Finally, just  while it is once again on my mind,  yet more high blood pressure trying to "spot the cyclist" in the town in the dark.  idiots, with no lights, dark clothing, ignoring traffic lights, etc.,  time for a new road safety campaign.  Stupid Councillors bringing in a 20 mph limit for cars when cyclists can travel faster than that.

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