Tag: lift-share

• What now for Scotland?

  

  Stuck on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne—by wind, weather and a technical problem with the ferry due west to Tarbert—I thought I was doing the sensible thing by waiting for updates from CalMac. About half an hour (if that) drive-on-drive-off made much more sense than driving east to Tighnabruaich, north to Glendaruel (I have…

  Dr Alan McManus

  November 1, 2023

  campaign diary

  by-election, car, crofting, farming, ferry, fishing, freedom, Law, lift-share, local council, Mull of Kintyre, politics, polling day, prayer, Scotland, South Kintyre

• Sea Change in Campaign Plans

  

  I’d planned to take the ferry to Campbeltown, do some leafleting and talk to folk, take the bus up to Tarbert, stay overnight, sail over to Portavadie, ferry back to Tarbert, bus down to Campbeltown and more leafleting, up and down from Portavadie again then a final day in Campbeltown before taking the ferry back…

  Dr Alan McManus

  October 2, 2023

  campaign diary

  books, bus, by-election, cafés, car, carers, churches, coffee, ferry, freedom, lift-share, local council, Mull of Kintyre, politics, Scotland, South Kintyre

• Ferry Fiasco: Getting to South Kintyre

  

  I don’t really like driving. Some people do. They’ll “go for a drive” to clear their head. I go for a walk with my dog. I don’t dislike driving and I like my wee Twingo but I mostly see it as a practical way to get from A to B, taking people, animals, plants and…

  Dr Alan McManus

  September 29, 2023

  campaign diary

  bus, by-election, car, caring, ferry, freedom, lift-share, local council, Mull of Kintyre, politics, Scotland, South Kintyre, train