Fort William Fire

Mikie711 · Post by **Mikie711** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 9:42 am

Hard to believe given the weather recently. Hope everybody his OK.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-21999542
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-h ... s-21962719

tut · Post by **tut** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 11:13 am

FW was runner up in the Carbuncle poll recently, ie the worst place to live in or look at in Scotland.

Thought that was a bit rough.

tut

GraemeLotus · Post by **GraemeLotus** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:29 pm

tut wrote:FW was runner up in the Carbuncle poll recently, ie the worst place to live in or look at in Scotland.

Thought that was a bit rough.

tut

Who won? Must be a real sh.thole if Fort Bill is 2nd....although the other places won't have those views within 5 mins of driving

woody · Post by **woody** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:34 pm

GraemeLotus wrote:
tut wrote:FW was runner up in the Carbuncle poll recently, ie the worst place to live in or look at in Scotland.

Thought that was a bit rough.

tut
Who won? Must be a real sh.thole if Fort Bill is 2nd....although the other places won't have those views within 5 mins of driving

Getting in quickly before anyone else gives the slightly misguided answer; New Cumnock.

Not Cumnock, but it's similarly named satellite 6 miles yonder. It makes Ft William seem a paradise.

ETA: Ed & Tom's mum has a place in Strontian does she not?

RDH · Post by **RDH** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 4:35 pm

GraemeLotus wrote:
tut wrote:FW was runner up in the Carbuncle poll recently, ie the worst place to live in or look at in Scotland.

Thought that was a bit rough.

tut
Who won? Must be a real sh.thole if Fort Bill is 2nd....although the other places won't have those views within 5 mins of driving

New Cumnock, trust me -a worthy winner!

BiggestNizzy · Post by **BiggestNizzy** » Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:21 pm

New Cumnock is a dump all the coal mines have shut to be honest they would be better off leveling it, same with Newmilns which came 3rd.

You could probably name a thousand crappy scottish towns and villages that reek of economic deprevation or disasterous post war and 70's town planning.

Post by ed » Tue Apr 02, 2013 6:50 pm

woody wrote:
ETA: Ed & Tom's mum has a place in Strontian does she not?

Yeah that's right, had 30 firemen fighting the fire in Strontian across the valley from her house. Nearly burnt down the new school.... We have friends in Banavie who had firefighters in their garden spraying water to stop the fire getting to their house. Scary stuff!

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