Arisaig’s Bonnie Road

Pupils from Arisaig Primary School were centre stage on Wednesday 15 April at the official opening of the final phase of the upgrading of the A830 Fort William – Mallaig road between Arisaig – Loch nan Uamh road.

They opened the ceremony with a humorous adaptation of the famous Scottish song “The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond”.
For their efforts, the school was presented with a Wii Game by Jim Steele, Operations Director for Morrison Construction Ltd’s civil engineering business in Scotland.
The pupils are impressed with the new road and will be taking full advantage of the new cycle track through the school’s outdoor curriculum.

The adaptation of the song is as follows:-

I’ll take the new road
And you’ll take old road
And I’ll be in Arisaig before you
For me and my new car
Will never meet pot holes
On the bonnie bonnie road to Lochailort.
 
I’ll take the new road
And you’ll take the old road
I’ll be in Fort William before you
I’ll do my shopping, in almost half the time
Driving on the bonnie road past Loch Linnhe
 
Let’s make the workers a well earned cup of tea
And maybe a cake or a biscuit
They’ve done the hard work
to make this what it is.
On the bonnie bonnie road to Fort William.