We are very far from certain about what is going on - if, indeed, anything - at Carloway Estate Trust for the simple reason that they do not tell us. It's all very hush-hush, just the way it was always intended to be, and only for those and such as those. The former proprietor, Carloway Estates Ltd, was open and above board compared with this present lot, supposedly a publicly accountable 'community' organisation.
We check the website every so often but that really gets us nowhere either. Apart from infantile Bonnet Laird Walks, and some highly questionable jolly about produce 'From Our Land And Sea', we haven't the foggiest idea about what is going on. Neither, we suspect, have those directing the Trust operation and therein lies the problem. The formation of the Trust some years ago fits squarely into the category of seeming like a good idea at the time. Now, a few years on, we all know better.
The neighbours are equally in the dark. We see that the Trust now has a Local Development Officer - not that the Trust made any announcement thereof, as it should have - but that's about it.
We check the website every so often but that really gets us nowhere either. Apart from infantile Bonnet Laird Walks, and some highly questionable jolly about produce 'From Our Land And Sea', we haven't the foggiest idea about what is going on. Neither, we suspect, have those directing the Trust operation and therein lies the problem. The formation of the Trust some years ago fits squarely into the category of seeming like a good idea at the time. Now, a few years on, we all know better.
The neighbours are equally in the dark. We see that the Trust now has a Local Development Officer - not that the Trust made any announcement thereof, as it should have - but that's about it.
The one other matter of interest is the Trust advertising on Fishpal, of all things, for permission to fish the Carloway River for £20 per day, something that was, at £5 for the season until the Trust took over, virtually free. Further, the Trust now invites 'ticket-holders' only to fish the trout lochs in its jurisdiction, again something that had, hitherto, always been free for the world at large. Now, anyone thinking of going to loch or river for an hour's evening angling has to stump up £20 beforehand, thank you very much! We could fish the Tweed or the Tay or the Ness or even Grimersta for less!
That, in Carloway Estate Trust lingo, is progress. It is also the reason why, so far in 2019 - and also going back to when the Trust took over - we have yet to see one solitary angler trying his, or her, luck in the waters under Estate control.
Bring back the Private Landlords - and the sooner the better! At least they never charged a bean for a spot of angling - AND they never divided the Carloway Community either like this present lot.
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