Today we approach 5000 signatures, that is you and 5000 other people leaving heartfelt messages, mainly asking, why, why sell of our own jewels to be lost forever? Well, this campaign is to raise that question to the parliament of our country, to demand it enacts its own spirit of statute and seeks to question all who have led us to this unbearable and untenable situation. We need to raise that awareness ever more, before the planning application in principle in February and then seek further to safeguard Balloch's future as the Loch's common port of the loch. Now a heartfelt message from Balloch on Loch Lomond, to you, the 5000 so far who we treasure as you treasure the Loch, may Christmas be a time of peace and plenty and above all, may the spirit of the Loch be at your hearth and hame, in friendship and kinship. Merry Christmas from Balloch, and we'll be here with more voices at Hogmanay, so till then, from our village and from the heart of Scotland, Season's Best Wishes x ps - Please feel free to pass this Christmas card and message on, share as widely and as near to home as you can, keep all our spirits up and keep the love flowing!