Common sense appears in short supply on jags
An exhibition by a well-known Perthshire artist opens in Crieff later this week.
Ron Lawson’s‘Surf to Summit’will be on display until November 21 at The Strathearn
The people of Crieff and district have yet again been short-changed by NHS managers as a result of having to make a round trip of at least 35 miles – more if you live in Muthill or Comrie – to Dewars Ice Rink in Perth for their Covid vaccine booster.
We are told the reason for this is the lack of freezer storage capacity in Crieff for the Pfizer vaccine.
A common sense approach to this problem would surely have been to acquire more freezer capacity, at least for a temporary period of a few weeks or months.
However, the term “common sense” is rarely used these days.
It is much easier to inconvenience the NHS
Gallery in West High Street from Saturday.
It is Ron’s largest solo show to date in a career stretching back to 1976.
The gallery is owned by Scott and Susan
“customers”, which includes some very elderly people, by asking them to travel to Perth – including on a Sunday.
Not everyone has a car nor, for one reason or another, is able to drive such a distance.
The ice rink is a mile away
Bennett.
For more information, send an email to info@strathearn-gallery.com or call 01764 656100. from the nearest bus stop for Crieff.
On top of this, there is the additional CO2 emissions caused by thousands of extra round trip journeys of at least 35 miles each.
How appropriate is this, just at the start of the climate change summit in Glasgow?
I have spoken to many people throughout the length and breadth of Scotland – including in areas even more rural than Perthshire.
None have round trips to make of any more than about eight miles for their Covid booster, and all are absolutely appalled at the situation in the Crieff area.
The arrangements at the Dewars Centre are far from ideal.
The sight of a huge crowd greeted me when I drove into the car park, it took me nearly 20 minutes to find a parking space – so narrow I could scarcely get in or out – with a lengthy walk and a flight of steps further greeting me.
Rather unfair for someone who uses a walking stick.
I was instructed to stand in a queue outside the building.
I had to request a seat, which was grudgingly provided – but not without a sarcastic comment being made which was audible to others around, thus resulting in considerable personal embarrassment.
If there are disabled facilities or a lift their existence is certainly not properly displayed.
Please note that this letter does not criticise the hardworking nurses and doctors in the NHS, but the overpaid ‘managers’ and bureaucrats. Angry taxpayer, name and address supplied