The Kintyre Forum

PEOPLE stood in the rain and watched in disbelief as grass cutters went to work on Kinloch Green on Monday – turning it into a quagmire in places.

After days of heavy rain and on a day when the heavens opened again, Argyll and Bute Council sent a tractor towing a mower to give the park a cutting.

Davy MacPherson and his customers at the burger van parked by the green looked on in amazement.

‘I can’t believe they’re cutting it on a day like this – they are turning it into a bog! Look at it, there are big puddles! All day my customers have just been coming to be served, looked at what’s going on, on Kinloch Green and leave shaking their heads in disbelief,’ said Davy.

‘It’s always a bit damp in places at the best of time, but after all this rain the place is just sodden. Someone said the work’s going ahead regardless because there’s some time-and-motion study going on and they’re being timed.

‘If that’s the case, it’s disgusting.’

Not at all said Argyll and Bute Council, a spokeswoman defended the work: ‘The council is cutting grass where needed in spite of the bad conditions created by the recent heavy rainfall, as these conditions are encouraging the grass to grow quickly and will soon lead to further problems.

‘The condition of Kinloch Green following the cut looks worse than it is due to the muddy surface water discolouring the grass. In fact the actual playing surface has not been penetrated.

’The timing of the grass cutting is unrelated to any time and motion study.’