I clipped the edge of two very different processions today, as I travelled back from Edinburgh towards East Lothian.
First, I gave way to the very end of the annual line of taxis taking needy kids to the seaside. Taxis, minibuses, transits, all with streamers flying and horns tooting and accompanied by the rare sight of police motorcycle outriders with balloons on them.
No balloons on police bikes on the A1, who were at the very front of the fuel protest convoy. I drove eastward as they came up off the bypass and went westward towards the City Centre. I gave them a tootle and a wave out of the window (a brief one at 70mph as the wind could have whipped my hand off!)
Now, there’s plenty of discussion about the pros and cons of the fuel protests, and I do get to screaming point if I ever get stuck behind some cavalcade if I’m in a hurry, but it does my heart good to see people *doing something* about causes that matter to them, whether it’s trips for tots or reducing duty payments.
It can be so easy to grumble about issues and situations, but always finding reasons for not taking action… so I’d getter get off the computer and do something less indolent!
And this post does give me some excuse for using a Father Ted pic…
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