Who needs the internet? Look what we have here beside Loch Torridon:
A noticeboard to find out all the local news, a post box so we can send letters to our friends, and a telephone if there's something urgent or we just want to chat.
It even looks like the phone is still working.
Gail tells me that once upon a time, in her life time in fact, this is how people everywhere really did communicate. It's hard for me, a digital native pup, to comprehend! But it got me thinking, and (with apologies to the late great John Lennon) I came up with this wee lyric for a song...
Imagine (re-imagined)
Imagine there's no Google
It's easy if you try
No Apple iPhones
Nor Netflix, Fox or Sky.
Imagine all the people
Livin' for today
Ah
Imagine there's no FaceBook
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to scroll or WhatsApp
And no scam emails, too
Imagine all the people
Livin' life in peace
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
In real life not online.
Imagine no computers
I wonder if you can
No checking social media
Goodbye to Instagram.
Imagine all the people
Not staring at their screens
You
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
In tech-free Torridon!
