Parking in Campbeltown

[Sweltered]

Oh I get it, you're only allowed to have an opinion if you live there.

OK fair enough, but I expect a post from you on every subject on here condeming people for posting about football, when they are not footballers, or having an opinion on the government when they are clearly not cabinet ministers.

No I don't live there, but I have family who do, and I couldn't get parked when I was there in March, so I am entitled to an opinion.

Are you North Korean? No-one is allowed an opinion there .

[artyg]

yes basically one opinion only on any given subject and then we move it along I did have communist tendencies when I was 18 does that count

[general jack o'niell]

aye you tell him, if i'd been interested enuff i'd have spoken for masel earlier. i don't care cos i'll park where i bloody well want when i'm in the town and hellmend ye if ye complain. thats just for the sorry bugger that cliped to the warden about my car being stopped, repeat stopped, not parked outside my wifes place of work, purely so she could take me home when i'd finished with my visits to the bank, chemist etc. luckily the warden thinks enough of my better half to come and tell her rather than stick a ticket on it. in future i'll just stick my blue badge on the windscreen and feck yis aw.

my opinion allowed? thought i'd better check with all you folk out there with dodgy syrups and built up shoes

[artyg]

your opinions no matter how insignificant they might appear to you !!! are one of the best that appear on the forum see how i said one of do not want to give you a big head

[Sweltered]

yes basically one opinion only on any given subject and then we move it along I did have communist tendencies when I was 18 does that count

It's like you're trying to communicate something to me, but what?

We shall never know...

[artyg]

now let me see what am i trying to commuicate to your good self nothing really just a different shall we say veiw point o and yes you asked was i from korea no not this time although i did mention my tendancies so long

[Ship called Dignity]

I think there is ample parking in campbeltown. When you consider you can walk from low askomil to meadows avenue in about twenty minutes, do we really need to take our cars everywhere?

That's all well and good if you live in the town but not if you're coming in to shop or for some other reason. Improved parking will be needed if we're to attract more people to the town and improve it's economy.

Exactly. What if there is an increase in tourism, or a boom in the economy. Where do those people park? I don't think Low Askomil could handle it.

Lets get back on the thread here.

Exactly what? Trapper has a vaild point.

Beachcomber - I think what Trapper is saying is that too many people use their car in the town when they could walk?

[Beachcomber]

Beachcomber - I think what Trapper is saying is that too many people use their car in the town when they could walk?

That's fair enough for the people that live in the town, I agree, but for those of us that live outside of it - or for people visiting the area - adequate parking is a necessity.

[general jack o'niell]

i've said it before but it's worth saying again, theres a tendency to shop by car in the town, meaning moving the car to be parked as near to the next shop as possible. while this makes sense if your visiting one of the supermarkets its selfish and downright stupid to do the same while shopping in the town centre. nobody goes to glasgow for example, parks in the carpark at the bus station, shops in sauchiehall st, then moves the car to one of the carparks around argyle st to shop there, no, you walk, and you carry your purchases. different story if it's something large and cumbersome your buying, but the sensible ones walk to the place of purchase, say they'll be back to collect it, then move the car to a nearer carpark and collect the item. not in campbeltown, here they want to park as near woolies as possible, then as near the bank or wallies or wherever they are going in the longrow, you see it all the time. that is of course providing you can get where your going amongst the cavalcade procession of drivers who seem to spend their life driving round in circles. i'd love to have a big bazooka and blow the sh!t out of every bloody car that does a "U" turn at the bottom of the big kiln while i'm stuck at the junction outside SB&S just trying to get down the fecking main st.

[Annie]

that is of course providing you can get where your going amongst the cavalcade procession of drivers who seem to spend their life driving round in circles. i'd love to have a big bazooka and blow the sh!t out of every bloody car that does a "U" turn at the bottom of the big kiln while i'm stuck at the junction outside SB&S just trying to get down the fecking main st.

I cannot agree more with you there General! Where do these kids get the money????????

[The Hitman]

Okay lets twist it another way,

Imagine you are a toursit in Campbeltown, looking to get parked in the town centre to view the local shops and restaurants etc.

Forget that you are a local but from a visitors perspective - ask yourselves that.

Is there enough parking in the town centre to accomodate locals and visitors/delivery vans/lorries etc?

[Annie]

Exactly!

[general jack o'niell]

in a nutshell? no, there is not, but then why do tourists need to park in the town centre? there are plenty of seaside towns where parking in the town centre and on the seafront is restricted and tourists understand and appreciate this. they still need adequate parking within easy walking distance of the town centre, has anyone thought of the logistics of reclaiming a stretch between dalintober pier and the memorial purely as parking space, it's a dead piece of loch, serves no real purpose and is two minutes walk from the centre of town, plus it gives the visitor the opportunity to take in the views of benguillian, the town and out the loch to davaar as they walk along the esplanade.

[Willie D]

providing you can get where your going amongst the cavalcade procession of drivers who seem to spend their life driving round in circles. i'd love to have a big bazooka and blow the sh!t out of every bloody car that does a "U" turn at the bottom of the big kiln while i'm stuck at the junction outside SB&S just trying to get down the fecking main st.

Hear! Hear! General. Sometimes I've to stop myself from just driving out in front of them - there's a wee devil on one shoulder going "aye Willie dae it! dae it!" and a wee angel on the other going "now William!" Those coming up Main St are the same ones holding traffic back after doing their infamous u-turn opposite ATS. The junction should be changed to put a stop to those bloody u-turns. They are treating it like a mini roundabout which it is not.

[general jack o'niell]

i'll apologise ahead of time for anything else i have posted today, i have a wee devil on both shoulders, and one sitting on top of my head tapping me on the forehead whispering "you know its funny, go on, type it"