FROM the demise of post offices and public transport networks to the closure of local health centres, rural communities across Scotland feel increasingly isolated.
It is rather like climbing a Scottish mountain. Having reached one summit we realise that there is another even higher peak before us which we must also conquer.”
An icy wind was deflected by the damp wall of rock above the laird. He thrust his hands deeper into the pockets of his plus-fours and stole an anxious look at the sky ... ”
IN the entrance hall at Abbotsford two full body suits of 15th-century armour battle for space with a couple of highly prized breast and back plates worn by French
soldiers defeated in the Battle of Waterloo.
The monopoly has always been real enough. Now, too, is the threat to that monopoly. BAA, the giant of Scottish air travel, was last night resisting pressure to sell off either Glasgow or Edinburgh airports after a damning interim report by the UK’s competition watchdog.
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