The other day I thought I would head into the Ferry to do a bit of early Christmas shopping. It wasn’t long before I started regretting it.

First of all, when I entered the one-way stretch of Brook Street, the traffic was backed-up right to the junction with Forthill Road. It took an age to get through.

The problem was that traffic could not turn right on to Gray Street at the other end and meanwhile the level crossing barrier was down, so the traffic was queued round the corner onto Brook Street, with several cars waiting to move on every side. It was more or less gridlock. Some drivers were looking angry, others looked miserable.

I eventually got parked and did my shopping but I was exhausted before I even started.

To make matters worse, when I left I decided to head down to the end of Brook Street to drive along the Esplanade to avoid getting caught up in the mayhem again. Only problem was there were road closures at that end of Broughty Ferry too.

I know these roadworks are a necessary evil but they certainly made my shopping trip an unpleasant experience.

I hope things improve before the festive season really begins because I’m sure people may start avoiding the Ferry, which will upset the traders no end. — Weary Shopper.

SNP MSP Christine Grahame is leading a campaign to have the monarch, who is buried in England, brought back to Scotland. I think a lot of people will agree with her.

It is argued she should be buried at Falkland Palace in Fife, where her father died shortly after she was born.

I cannot think of a more suitable place for her to be laid to rest once and for all.

Mary should be brought home to the people of Scotland because that is where she belongs. — Scotia.

The emergence of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown’s New Labour not only meant the end of Clause 4 but an end to their obsession with the Tories.

This pragmatism has now been overshadowed by Mr Salmond’s recent remarks which point to his opportunism and hypocrisy.

For it was Mr Salmond who filled the anti-Thatcher void left behind, portraying her as cold, calculating and anti-Scottish, only to disclose years later he “didn’t mind” her policies. — Politico.

Only recently, at the Labour’s Party conference, Mr Brown claimed he would never use his family for political gain.

Next thing I hear, his wife will be out on the campaign trail in Glenrothes.

Of course it’s all hands to the pump for this particular contest because if Labour lose this one, it will mark the end of the so-called Brown Bounce. — The Watchman.

The evening features the Central Band of The Royal British Legion Scotland, and the award-winning Pipes and Drums of the 6/8th Dundee Company Boys’ Brigade, as the BB is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year.

This is not the only anniversary being marked, as 2008 is also the centenary of the Territorial Army, and nine decades since the ceasefire that ended the Great War.

Community singing, the Muster and Parade of Standards and an ecumenical Act of Remembrance, are also features of the evening, and every penny earned goes to help veterans of HM Forces, a need which continues to grow.

Tickets are £5 — for the sixth year in a row — and are available from Legion Branches and the Central Booking Office, City Square, Dundee. — Major A. D. F. Maclean TD, Festival Press Officer.

The night is in memory of Florence Hendry who died from cancer in November 2006 in Roxburghe House. The care she received in her last days there was second to none and therefore all proceeds from the night are to be donated to Roxburghe House in Dundee.

We have DJs coming from all over the UK, as well as local acts. Check out INFINITY at www.bebo.com/infinitynights for more information. — INFINITY, Dundee.