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Possibly, but there are inconsiderate dog walkers who don’t pick up their dogs mess, car drivers who amongst other things leave their rubbish behind them. For me this is all about lack of joined up thinking, and simply a poor attitude towards us by some. The fact is when councils behave like this they simply move what they regard as a problem elsewhere, and the fewer places left are put under more pressure. We should not be viewed as a nuisance, but there sadly are some numpties amongst us. But there are numpties everywhere, and most of them don’t drive motorhomes.Disappointing reading but down to the inconsiderate minority, I suspect.
Popular Welsh beach erects barriers to stop motorhomes
The new barriers have been installed at a popular beach car park
Or this.I accept that some motorhomers do dump their toilet waste but what gets my goat is no one ever mentions the much higher volume of cars who's inhabitants often have no choice but to go outdoors, and they never think of bringing a shovel!
Please send immediately!
Excellent we can then throw our rubbish further from the van, not sure about payload though Trev...
Or that they just don't want ANYONE there who is not local?Disappointing reading but down to the inconsiderate minority, I suspect.
Popular Welsh beach erects barriers to stop motorhomes
The new barriers have been installed at a popular beach car park
We need a groan emoji!Is that a Trev O'Shea?
You get that here is some places, we were bypassed in a small pub/hotel in Ballyshannon down south, i went up and ask the bar man why we were being bypassed, he replyed you are from the black north and we dont serve you lot down here, bit silly and he did not know if we were republicans or ulstermen/wemen/unionists.Or that they just don't want ANYONE there who is not local?
I was on Holiday in North Wales with my GF and we were in either Conway Bay or Llandudno (probably the latter) and in a shop. Two old girls behind the counter and as soon as they heard us talking they suddenly reverted to speaking Welsh and no English understood
Clearly unwelcome and I made a point (lying though) of saying loud enough so they would hear how I would have bought a certain - rather expensive - thing in the shop but needed a bit of info and shame there was no one to ask who would understand.
Ah well, dyna yw bywyd
Oh yes they do. And in fields by lay-bys and in woods.
I have seen car owners twice having a crap in a carpark. The last time was in Banavie, just outside fort William last summer. I also witnessed a woman car driver squatting down for a pee in Inverewe car park, where they now provide an elsan point and freshwater, the toilets were closed at that time. Those folk you are talking about are a minority, and it should not be up to us to police anything or anyone. Putting up barriers saves having to apply for a TRO, and is seldom a justification for a few idiots overstaying their welcome. I have seen barriers erected in carparks were we had visited over the years, were I had never witnessed or heard of any such behaviour.
I have no doubt it goes on, but not in the quantities that motorhome owners do when they empty cassettes. We have seen this a number of times. The first two times, I challenged them and was threatened, after that we just reported them. I still maintain that we are worse than car owners! And there is the trouble with us! The longer we make excuses and don't accept we have a problem, the longer it will go on and places like this will be closed to us!
I would like to see your research on that! It would actually be impossible to tell! But if what you say is right, where does the toilet paper come from? Where does the quantity come from, if not a cassette?
We have a problem, whilst others who abuse facilities are free to continue using these facilities we are not. What excuses, no one on here reckons that all within our community are blameless, but we alone bear the brunt of measures to stop us from enjoying our pastime. The fact is this country lacks a proper infrastructure, and a willingness to support our needs. I am not condoning in any way inappropriate disposal of waste. But there is a total lack of facilities for us to do so appropriately. In northern Scotland times are changing, with new facilities being opened on a weekly basis. But this is not symptomatic of what’s going on in most parts of the country.