Wrong end of the stick....or is that oar?

(Although I usually like to call them Paddles, just to upset my rowing friend Kev...)

There I was thinking that we needed some *serious* action to sort out the mess at BAE.

Let's get this straight: everyone who's involved in national or local Politics should be ashamed of the BAE situation.

Businesses downsize, move and close. It's part of the organic process of life, and we can't change that and that's not our fault. But what we can do is make sure the areas we represent plan and prepare for eventualities like this. BAE caught us out, which is odd because it seemed to be on the cards for a while, but we should be working now to think about other large employers should similar things ever happen there.

Then I read this in the express:
http://www.macclesfield-express.co.uk/news/s/1149669_meeting_over_future_of_bae

And it turns out it's OK - the jobs aren't the big issue here. The big issue is why we don't have a rowing lake.

Here's where local knowledge is a little useful. I personally don't think it would be a very nice place for a rowing lake because the proposed route for the Poynton bypass skirts and hugs the runway enroute to the A555.

I suppose it would at least be easy to get there, even if it was a little less than tranquil when you arrived.