Largs Pier has been in the news a lot recently, with the operators of the Waverley paddle steamer saying hundreds of passengers have cancelled because pier repairs won't be completed until late August - almost at the end of the Waverley's summer season.

Kathleen O'Neill, commercial director for Waverley, said: "If Largs Pier is not made available, this compounds the huge financial loss suffered by the charity in 2008. Largs is one of our busiest summer destinations. There is a real concern the Waverley will cease to serve the communities of the west coast of Scotland and the whole of the UK."

The charity expects to lose more than £200,000 in passenger fares because Largs is out of bounds, the Glaswegian reported.

Pier owners Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) say the £6million of reconstruction work won't be complete until the end of July, with machinery and engineers not off site until mid-August after the contractor, George Leslie Ltd, uncovered rotten Victorian wooden sheet piles in the pier, built in 1845.

What do you think about the whole debacle - and what will the impact of this be on our summer season?