F-R-A-N-K-S'
S-O-A-P-B-O-X
some
good old fashioned common sense!!
T-h-e
P-o-d
Heh now come on April the 1st has come and
gone, unfortunately that means that Cardiff City Council must be serious
about the 'pod'.
What a shame, Cardiff has been doing so well recently, but when a handful
of vandalized - smelly - vulnerable 'pods'
turn up to shift a coupla thousand opera goers back into the city centre,
well who honestly thinks they will be able to cope. Obviously some powerful
(if stupid) people think that it will happen. Lets just hope they get stuck
at the back of the pod queue, it'll give them a chance to ponder on how much
money, time and opportunity they've wasted. Whats wrong with good old fashioned
(but oozing character) trams, or a simple monorail system running on a circuit
from town around the bay, and straight back to town again. If this Plod thing
happens we will become the butt of many a joke, when the City has developed
positively in so many other areas over the last decade or so. Still maybe
they'll leave it until next April fools day to have a laugh, when millions
more pounds of study will reveal that the scheme is just to silly to become
reality. If this transport system does happen then it's supporters will rave
that it's the first ever of its kind - I would stake everything on the fact
that it will also be the last!! paul.
f-n-f. 2-4- 2002
W-e-l-s-h
R-u-g-b-y
Some
of our overpaid heroes on the field will have two things to be remembered
for in rugby folklore.
1/ They were the first ever players that
believe 100k plus earnings are quite reasonable and in some cases not enough
for their chosen 'profession'
2/ They were the players whose sides
have suffered greater defeats than any other in Welsh Rugby.
Sorry are we missing something here!? f-n-f
April 2002
Back
on track with monorail
Having read
many of your Viewpiont letters regarding the Ultra and Cardiff transport
problems. I would like to offer a few suggestions. Having visited Las Vagas
and experienced a ride on a monorail, surely this tried and tested technology
would be a perfect way to travel from the City centre to Cardiff Bay.
This mode of transport would be a more sensible way to carry passengers
and visitors around the City. As Cardiff is expanding with shopping and
residential developments movement around the City is becoming slower and
slower.
To link up the City centre Valley Lines should look at Shuttle trains on
a trial basis from Taffs Well to Cardiff Central. If car drivers travelling
down the A470 knew and where informed by digital readouts when the next
train was due they would park and ride into the City centre, as they do
in Perth Western Australia.
If a shuttle train project could be funded and marketed correctly, it would
give the car driver an alternative to taking the car into the City centre.
Surely the Assembly. Cardiff City and Valley Lines must get some joined
up thinking in improving the transport infrastructure. A 21st. century City
needs a 21st. century transport system.
The
Taff Taxi
According to the echo, Taxi boats are coming to the Taff. This is great news
and I'm sure that over the next couple of years the Taff is going to come
alive with river vehicles of all descriptions. Now that the Taff is permanently
'full' (courtesy of the barrage) it is sure to become more and more of an
attraction to enhance an increasingly vibrant City. In time pubs and restaurants
will be located on the riverside and it will be hard to believe it wasn't
always that way. f-n-f. April 2002
Welsh Beaches
A record number of our beaches qualify for entry in the good
beach guide 2002, but it isn't all good news
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