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What’s included: Same as across except four night accommodation at the Dornoch Hotel


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Explore the surrounding area on our three included excursions. The excursions include: • Jaunt to Ullapool • Circular tour past Loch Maree through the nature reserve • Excursion to Gruinard Bay.


Whafs included: 4 nights accommodation at the Gairloch Hotei • A daily morning newspaper per room • Breakfast and dinner plus lunchtime refreshment pack each day •Afternoon tea served upon return from excursions • A glass of house wine with dinner • Unlimited drinks (as advertised on arrivai) at the hotel’s bar • Beer, spirits, wine and soft drinks between 6pm and 11 pm


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Set in the highland countryside, Strathpeffer is a favourite, famous for its spa waters and beautiful scenery.


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ROTHESAY ALL INCLUSIVE Staying at the Glenbum Hotel with commanding views of the bay.


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AFTER approximately two months of diver­ sions at Devil’s Elbow, outside Read, which has led to the road through the village being closed to through traffic, Whalley Road has finally re-opened. Despite this being a week later than stated, due


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to wet weather, the road is now open to motorists and congestion has returned to this route. These roadworks have caused significant disrup­


tion to daily commuters using the road as a link to Kibble Valley areas and beyond, and to the motor­ ways. Similarly, businesses in Read, who rely sub­ stantially on passing trade have suffered. However, for the villagers of Read, the diversion


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has made the village a safer place to live. For two months it was what a village should be, with the absence of heavy traffic in the form of vans, lorries and cars thundering through with little respect for the speed limit and the safety of pedestrians. The level, content and speed of traffic that travels through Read and Simonstone is totally inappro­ priate for the villages. There have been many accidents along Whalley


Road, mainly at the two entry points to Read - Simonstone and Devil’s Elbow. These two places both have extremely sharp bends, and for drivers unaware of them, or drivers going over the given speed limit, accidents are likely. The most common instance of this is cars collid­


ing with walls and barriers, spinning around, hit­ ting other passing vehicles, and also heavy vehicles toppling over, causing major tailbacks. A frequent hazard is that of lorries and vans


pulling over onto the pavement along Whalley Road, often for the drivers to collect lunches from


. ■ READ has been a.- ^ f quieter place for the r ; past fewi‘months,» with the busy road;-: which dissects thci^


• village closed to.; , through traffic' thanks, to major.. roadworks. For many villagers it has t


i meant a summer of^^ /peace and tranquilli-.: ty, while frustrated ^motorists have faced . diversions and road-: side/traders have


/ been deprived oftheir lifeblood. For a villager’s eye .- / view of the dilemma, we are indebted to HELEN ; ■ GREENHOUGH (pictured), who has just complete ; ed a week’s work experience at the Clitheroe Adver-, ;: I tiser and Times. Helen (15) is beginning her final / ’year at Rowland High School and hopes to pursue a ;> writing career.


the local bakery and village shops. This imposes regular problems for the local community and traf­ fic.


An obvious danger is for children having to


attempt to cross this congested, fast- flowing road, sometimes suddenly stepping out from behind and between vehicles. . Pedestrians using the crossing often have a long


wait from pushing the button to the lights chang­ ing in their favour and this can lead to some taking


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risks. This has a considerable effect on schoolchil­ dren in the morning, when it is vir­ tually impossible to cross Whalley Road because it is a t this time when traffic is at its most intense. Therefore there is an increased risk of accidents. As part of the recent roadworks


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outside Read, the road has been strengthened to withstand sub­ stantially heavier articulated lor­ ries and to make the road safer for its users. The massive amount of money spent should help to min­ imise the number of accidents, and.


with all the expenditure, it does seem as if the real­ ity of a bypass for Read and Simonstone has long gone. The Highways Department is dealing with the symptoms and not the cause. At one stage, a bypass was Read’s priority. The


process was ongoing for almost 20 years and, even­ tually, in the late ’90s, Read appeared to be a pri­ ority. Detailed designs for the bypass had all been prepared and Read was set for the bypass to he built. A feeling of excitement was apparent ^ o n g the local villagers - after years of planning they thought that there would finally be a solution to the volume of traffic. However, this feeling of excitement rapidly


changed to one of dismay when a change of Gov­ ernment switched the emphasis away from spend­ ing on road improvements. The money was chan­ nelled elsewhere. Read and Simonstone villagers have, over the


years, seen peaks and troughs in traffic levels. In the ’60s, articulated heavy lorries took an alterna­ tive route via Clayton-le-Moors. However, improvements aimed a t increasing


pedestrian safety, such as pelican crossings, soon made this route slower and less attractive for traf­ fic. Whalley Road became the preferred route and Read became an easy target for motorway traffic. On entering Read, speed camera and speed limit


signs are visible to drivers, but with the absence of a permanently-sited speed camera and only occa­ sional mobile police surveillance of speed, the speed limit is often disregarded. The process to gain a fixed speed camera is deter­


mined by accident rates and the criteria is strict - you have to have the accidents before you get the camera. It does seem a bizarre argument and one th a t is reactive, not pro­ active! I recognise that the prob­


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lems relating to the speed and volume of traffic on Whalley Road, Read and Simonstone are long-stand­ ing and that a bypass is the only logical solution. In the short term. Read


very much needs a perma­ nently-sited speed camera now, not as a reaction to a future tragedy.


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Mug used to break window A MUG was thrown at the ground-floor window of a house in Painter Wood, Billington. A car was spotted pulling up outside


the terraced house at 9-15 p.m. on Friday and an offender was seen throwing the mug at the window, causing it to smash. Police are investigating the incident, in


which an estimated £100 worth of dam­ age was caused.


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