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Local Characters

Meet Dougie, Who Lends Clipboards to Planning Sagas and Asks No Questions

Fictional Dunkeld stationery saint; stamps sold separately.

A man with clipboards.

A man with clipboards. Photo: Federal Bureau of Investigation, “EFTA00003026-Beach-House - Cluttered office desk with a clipboard holding a handwritten list of tasks and a calendar showing dates and notes”, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

DUNKELD — Fictional resident Dougie Petrie keeps a shed of clipboards for neighbours navigating planning processes.

“I don’t take sides,” he said. “I take refill pads. Sides are for the council.”

Dougie’s shed kettle is always on. Opinions are not served.

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