tjj wrote:
Actually, I thought the Guardian article was heart-felt and sincere. His view about the tunnel may have been ill thought through but he put his finger on the crux of the problem - which is CARS. If an acceptable solution to road traffic can't easily be found, surely it is not rocket science to come up with a viable park and ride scheme for visitors - and do away with the visitors car-park.
The comment "to feed a complacent and apathetic population who can't see the writing on the wall...." is perplexing. I take it you don't ever drive to, or shop, in a large supermarket, you must be one of those lucky people who lives within walking distance of real 'greengrocer/baker' type shops.
PS: I live in Wiltshire but rarely visit Stonehenge as I don't own a car - I do use a supermarket though (I walk).
The whole 'megashed' story rolls out in this article;
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/23/tesco.supermarkets
On a greenfield site just outside Andover, Hampshire, Tesco is planning to open a warehouse which, at more than 85,000 sq metres (21 acres), will be one of the biggest buildings in Europe. It will be bigger than Heathrow's terminal 5 and the height of four double-decker buses, each stacked on top of the other.
Every minute of every hour, day and night for 364 days a year, an average of one Tesco juggernaut will roll in or out of the so-called MegaShed.
I rest my case on megasupermarkets taking over the world..
Complacency and apathy; Given that my tongue is occasionally in my cheek, the comment was inspired by a poster in the Guardian today - it depicted a Banksy poster of three children, one was raising the flag of Tesco, the other two were respectfully bowing before it ;)
As for shopping; the dog would starve without Sainsbury, my family would go hungry, and 'real' shops are as rare as hens teeth in Bath.
