THE complaints against a plan to bring in a touristy horse-and-carriage service in the city centre sound remarkably po-faced.

We are not talking a constant stream of slow-moving carriages clogging up the main arterial routes during rush-hour.

The initial plan is for Sundays, presumably with just one carriage.

The flavour it would bring would far outweigh any delays in what is already a slow-moving area.