Billy Twigger update

Things have been quiet regarding BT, and I had wondered if all was well, however a new message has been posted, so as usual, I’m passing on the content for anyone that may be concerned, but not a geocacher with access to the original, from April 5, 2008:

For those of you who would like to know how Ewan is doing:

I’ve had a nice email from Ewan’s Dad. There continue to be ups and downs for Ewan. He has suffered from episodes of high temperature caused by various infections over the last few months, which have been a setback for him. He is due to have an operation to remove kidney stones which may be at the root of these infections. It has been postponed on at least one occasion due to his temperature, but will hopefully happen soon. All this has meant longer periods in bed, less access to physiotherapy and less computer practice.

His family have been able to sell their house and find a bungalow nearby, which when altered will accommodate his wheelchair.

It’s depressing

It’s depressing, and means there’s not likely to be many more posts added to this blog.

Two of the notional criteria for making it into this blog are that an item is generally interesting and positive (I count that as a single criteria), and that ferries operations (or rather gripes thereof) are not the sole contributors under the  general Category of Transport.

Back in 2004, it occurred to me that reading The Buteman (and discounting the ads and suchlike) was rather like looking at a printed version of Crimewatch, and that the paper could largely have been handed over to the island’s police for preparation. That’s no criticism of The Buteman, as a spin around any of the other papers covering the Clyde coast from Gourock to Girvan, including the islands, is little better, and they appear to have little more to report than vandalism, gang violence, cons, and other activities between people, which are best described as less than savoury.

Transport’s little better, with the ongoing theme being that no-one but the passengers cares about the passengers. And this year has the additional benefit of ferries moving into the previous classification, as the level of threats and violence to passengers and crew has grown to the extent that the Marine Police have been notified.

Rather than zap the blog altogether, it will be left in place lest anything jolly turn up, and there’s always the past entries to look at, from what might be referred to as ‘Happier Times’