This is a copy of my post on another thread on July 14th:
We called in to Girvan a few weeks ago. Pleasant enough but also parked, and well settled with equipment spread around, within 10m of the car park were some traveller types spreading litter and feral children everywhere. We were just pretty annoyed that we were expected to pay a tenner whilst they camped for free. I phoned the council but I'm not convinced they were particularly interested.
We moved on to the beach car park just outside town (sorry, can't remember the name) which was great. Busy with mohos but plenty of room for locals too and negligible litter. We did a little tidying but in the morning the council man came along with his picker anyway. No charge but we would happily pay a tenner.