ROUND OR ACROSS ?
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR] Sia,—In the course of my Motoring Notes in The Spectator last week I dwelt on the pleasures of going round Scottish lochs rather than across -them, and (for that reason) added " I am the last in the world to say anything in favour of having to embark on ferries like that at Ballachulish." I learn with some astonishment that from these harmless words someone has gained the impression that I was criticising the efficiency of the Ballachulish ferry itself. Nothing could be further from my mind. For persons who prefer to go across a loch the Ballachulish ferry, which I know well, does everything they could ask. The only reason I do not favour that, or any other, ferry is that for myself I prefer to go round when I can ; it is, of course, purely a question of tastes.—I am, Sir,
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