Margaret Vandecasteele (Letters, 4 April) indicates one end of the arbitrariness spectrum of telling people in Scotland to stay within their local authority boundaries, by pointing out that she can travel from Wick to Fort William (say, 160 miles). Living towards the eastern boundary of Dundee city, I exit that boundary in less than a mile, and the western in about seven miles. If I did live over the eastern boundary, I would be in Angus, and could go, say, 35 miles to the Angus glens. If I lived over the western boundary, I would be in Perthshire, and could go nearly as far as Dunfermline (say, 50 miles) to the south, nearly as far the Cairngorms (say, 75 miles) to the north, and nearly as far as Glencoe (say, 110 miles) to the west.
Robin M White
Broughty Ferry, Dundee
• The Scottish “stay local” rule (Report, 1 April) has left us stranded in “the Wee County” of Clackmannanshire (159 sq km), but just four miles away our neighbours in Perth and Kinross (5,286 sq km) are free to move around their somewhat larger space. We are starting to feel a bit hemmed in!
Paul and Caroline Boyce
Dollar, Clackmannanshire
