I don't think Cumbria want you either. They have been saying stay away, but our tourist industry is going broke so would the government kindly give us a handout.I’m heading up to Skye early next week to visit friends and parkup on his croft. I was then intending to travel on up to Mellon Udrigle And beyond for a week or so.
i will call my friend tonight and get his view on how things are regarding the reception I may or may not get and report back to the forum.
I may well have to review my plans depending on what he tells me. That will be Scotland’s loss and Cumbria’s gain if I decide not to go. Campsite fees at Mellon Udrigle, dining out twice if restaurants are open on Skye, a pair of sheepskin seat covers for my motorhome from Skyeskins, £150.00 of diesel bought in Scotland and my normal food shopping for the motorhome.
I don't think Cumbria want you either. They have been saying stay away, but our tourist industry is going broke so would the government kindly give us a handout.
It only takes one in thousand to leave waste, foul or domestic then every one is blamed. The sad thing is more than one in a thousand will be that inconsiderate. There is a problem, was it a car driver or even a truck driver? So how do you solve this problem when even locals disrespect where they live.
Unfortunately there is much anti English sentiment in Scotland, even discussed today in the commons Link
I don't expect there are many indigenous Scottish, remember the land clearances.Unfortunately there is much anti English sentiment in Scotland, even discussed today in the commons Link
I don't expect there are many indigenous Scottish, remember the land clearances.
Heavy on-the-spot fines with the right folk employed full time to issue them?
We already have parking wardens for parking offences, surely it can't be that hard to implement a comprehensive country-wide system to deal with the problem properly? Government and councils need the extra money now more than ever, so what better way? With the mind-boggling state of litter and rubbish tipping a damn good income is assured, at least it should be at the outset. Why rely on volunteers to come in and clear up after the offenders?! It's the offenders themselves who need to be hit hard in the pocket for their selfish and anti-social behaviour. And preferably be sent off to clear up not just their own but other offenders' rubbish as an extra punishment.
Littering and fly tipping need to be treated as a very serious offence.
Until it is, and more resources are physically in place on the ground to actually catch people at it and enforce the law, then the problem will never go away or be reduced.
PS - and EDUCATION is even more important! Though how you go about educating generations of ignorant adults who produce ignorant children, who produce ignorant grandchildren and so on ad infinitum, who knows? I guess you 'educate' them by fining them every time anything leaves their hands and hits the ground
Only problem with that is that those awful private companies get the contracts and the morons who work for them have ridiculous targets and end up fining old ladies feeding the ducks etc etc...
You know this is one of the great misconceptions.
The land clearances did not just take place in Scotland, they took place throughout the then Great Britain. But proportionally we suffered more than any other nation.