RJA 2017

Royal Jubilee Arms Hotel -final Edition


This is the fourth study i have made regarding the RJA spreading over 40 years.  This is the latest and almost certainly the last.  The history of the RJA and description of surrounding areas has been summarised to provide a book that is not overlong.  The ebook versions will all be published early in 2017. A paperback abridged version in monochrome is planned to follow shortly afterwards.  There is no plan to publish a colour paperback but the manuscript will be available should this receive any demand.


I have to observe that we were disappointed both with the lack of progress with the hotel and the ridiculous state of major roads in all the key areas.  This must be hurting Scottish tourism quite seriously and is inexcusable considering that all these road projects have been stop/go for decades.


Why, all of a sudden, was  it thought necessary to disrupt traffic flow in so many areas.  The drive for Scottish Independence seems to have had some bearing on these issues.  It is laudable that the Scottish government is undertaking these essential improvements but ALL AT ONCE?  I have to observe that the independence issue seems to be  a passionate cause but without logic just like the Labour Party are stuck with their out of date dogma.


I, for one, would probably not revisit Scotland if there was a decision to secede from the union.  This seems a great shame seeing as how many times we have visited and even resided in Scotland.  It seems illogical to not have union on these islands perhaps more so than a united Europe with all it’s diverse requirements.


We had considered at one point the possibility of reacquiring the RJA and trying to rebuild it as a tourist force in Angus but given the descending state of tourism in the whole of Scotland you have to wonder whether the market would still be availalbe.  In it’s current state it must be a disincentive to visit both Glen Cloa and Glen Prossen.  It is a disgrace that the local authorities have allowed the property and Dykehead in particular to suffer the ignominy of stooping to such a low point in its existence.  I have to feel sorrow for the inhabitants of Dykehead who are forced to observe this terrible state day after day, month after month and now year after year.  


Very dissilusioning.