The lifting of lockdown

So there are now dozens of visitors around the town, a pub is open and Tesco is as it was until the lockdown came in.

Hindsight is a beautiful thing, but I feel quite strongly that the location of the Outer Hebrides (a couple of dozen miles off the Scottish mainland) would have enabled a chastity belt of protection surrounding the lifting of lockdown restrictions.

However, our elected representatives, obviously not endowed with a braincell between them, failed to spot this opportunity. Lockdown could have been lifted the way it has been done thus far with one major exception. It should and could have been maintained for the ferries and the planes. Essential journeys only. No tourists.

Yes, I agree, the economy has to get going again. But look what's happening now. Many B&Bs are staying closed, campsites (e.g. Horgabost) are shut - and how many restaurants are open? Few facilities if any. Oh, and what about our friends in campervans? No facilities for them either, so they'll be dumping effluent in a ditch - as I've heard it described in previous years.