today was the Leuchars airshow
A popular event by all accounts, more so than the Pope perhaps.
I was heartily amused by the tails of the inevitable traffic jams this caused on the small A-roads of East fife (where there's nothing wider than 1 lane each way for miles around)
However, one man from Dunblane said he had given up after being stuck in a traffic jam for four hours.
"If anything it was worse than last year," he said.
Another man, Colin Ireland, said: "I left Alloa to attend the airshow at RAF Leuchars at 8am this morning.
"By 12.30pm, I was still west of Cupar in a tailback lasting about 8-10 miles, having been stopped for over three hours. I gave up in disgust and disappointment and turned about and went home.
"Obviously the arrangements made for the traffic going to Leuchars were totally inadequate, as were the car parking arrangements, as one of the car parks was put out of use because of flooding."
Another reader, Victoria Aitcheson, told the BBC Scotland news website: "After paying £84 to go and over four hours waiting I decided to turn back and head home. It was a total disgrace and should have been better planned."
Rather than giving air time to belly-aching motorists to indulge their sense of victimisation, what the article should have said was "those arriving by bus, train and bicycle had a wonderful and enjoyable day oot!"
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