Craigs Drive

Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 24 Dec 2021

This is the main artery of the Craigievar development. It is rendered even drearier than the average modern housing estate by the dykes that run along the roadsides. The idea was that the estate would be divided into small neighbourhoods where the houses are all in little interlinked courtyards. In practice, it means that from a ground floor flat you have a fine view of nothing but a blank grey dyke, and you can't get your car near your own door. Provision for parking was inadequate from the start, because most residents don't bother to put their cars in their garages, and it has not improved as the number and size of cars has increased and parking skills, apparently, have decreased. Parking bays intended to accommodate eight cars now take only five, and cars parked in the parking bays are not infrequently blocked in by people who abandon, rather than park, theirs.

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