torwood
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I have taken the opportunity to post my comment on the Whitby Gazette article through there web site and include it below.
I am the owner of a campervan, my wife and I have been to Whitby a number of times and have slept in our vehicle on the street. However I would support that parking a motorhome in the town centre around the harbour would seem irresponsible as the roads are narrow and unsuitable for them.
We are responsible people as are most motorhome owners. Our vehicles are well maintained and self contained and legal to use on the road. We try to park in such a way as to cause a minimum of nuisance to local people. I would not condone the examples given of cooking on the pavement or are you going to ban people sitting on the peir or elsewhere eating fish and chips? As for emptying toilet waste into a drain I suspect it was perhaps a basin of water used for washing that was emptied rather than toilet waste! The majority of Motorhomers I know are enviromentally aware and behave responsibly.
On my last visit to Whitby we arrived in the afternoon, parked on West Cliff and walked into town where we had lunch in a local cafe. We then explored more and bought a present for our daughter and spare parts for our bicycles, all from local shops. We then had an evening meal in the town and the following morning we bought food and other supplies before moving on. In all we spent a considerable amount of money supporting local businesses and shops.
Quite simply if restrictions are brought in then we will go elesewhere where we can park and relax a little and Whitby traders will lose our custom.
As has been commented above we find that many communities in Scotland welcome us for the custom we bring to places we stay, and on the continent towns and communities, particularly in Germany and France, recognise the benefit to local economies in encouraging visits by people, who once welcomed to visit or stay, will help feed the local economy.
As a motorhomer I would be pleased if local communities considered the benefits of attracting responsible visitors in the way the French do with Aires or the Germans with Stellpaltze.
Provide a small part of a car park or area that is peaceful specifically for motorhomers to stop and spend, perhaps a maximum of 48 hours. Consider putting in a Flot Bleu or similar machine that for a small charge would dispense up to 100 litres of fresh drinking water and also allow safe disposle of waste water and toilet waste. The French have a whole network of service points charging about 2 euro for the use.
Motorhome owners are not antisocial and do not generally cause a problem other than parking on a suitable wide street and can be of benefit to your community if welcomed in.
Please remember that you can attract more bees with sugar than vinegar
I am the owner of a campervan, my wife and I have been to Whitby a number of times and have slept in our vehicle on the street. However I would support that parking a motorhome in the town centre around the harbour would seem irresponsible as the roads are narrow and unsuitable for them.
We are responsible people as are most motorhome owners. Our vehicles are well maintained and self contained and legal to use on the road. We try to park in such a way as to cause a minimum of nuisance to local people. I would not condone the examples given of cooking on the pavement or are you going to ban people sitting on the peir or elsewhere eating fish and chips? As for emptying toilet waste into a drain I suspect it was perhaps a basin of water used for washing that was emptied rather than toilet waste! The majority of Motorhomers I know are enviromentally aware and behave responsibly.
On my last visit to Whitby we arrived in the afternoon, parked on West Cliff and walked into town where we had lunch in a local cafe. We then explored more and bought a present for our daughter and spare parts for our bicycles, all from local shops. We then had an evening meal in the town and the following morning we bought food and other supplies before moving on. In all we spent a considerable amount of money supporting local businesses and shops.
Quite simply if restrictions are brought in then we will go elesewhere where we can park and relax a little and Whitby traders will lose our custom.
As has been commented above we find that many communities in Scotland welcome us for the custom we bring to places we stay, and on the continent towns and communities, particularly in Germany and France, recognise the benefit to local economies in encouraging visits by people, who once welcomed to visit or stay, will help feed the local economy.
As a motorhomer I would be pleased if local communities considered the benefits of attracting responsible visitors in the way the French do with Aires or the Germans with Stellpaltze.
Provide a small part of a car park or area that is peaceful specifically for motorhomers to stop and spend, perhaps a maximum of 48 hours. Consider putting in a Flot Bleu or similar machine that for a small charge would dispense up to 100 litres of fresh drinking water and also allow safe disposle of waste water and toilet waste. The French have a whole network of service points charging about 2 euro for the use.
Motorhome owners are not antisocial and do not generally cause a problem other than parking on a suitable wide street and can be of benefit to your community if welcomed in.
Please remember that you can attract more bees with sugar than vinegar
