Due to current irresponsible and diabolical behaviour of many 'wild campers' using Scotlands rural parts, we have paused our normal use of our Motorhome in Scotland.
Seems the miscreants are 'staycationing' due to covid-19 travel/quarantine restrictions to Europe. We will wait until the guilty go back to holidaying in Minorca or wherever. They seem set to ruin responsible motorhoming in Scotland. We would hate for folk to associate us and our responsible use of our Motorhome, with those that leave human excrement and other rubbish strewn around our Scots beauty spots.
Photos of the rubbish and excrement do suggest that it's mainly folk other than in motorhomes - the photos on social media of faeces with loo paper suggest folk pooing in the open, rather than the slurry-like effect of emptying an elsan toilet. Motorhomers don't have or use tents etc to discard.
There may, nevertheless, be some irresponsible motorhoming. As far as the influx of motorhomes on the NC500 is concerned, the creation of 'aires' would undoubtedly help both motorhomers and local communities. Seems that much of the increase of motorhomes has come from expansion of the motorhome hire fleet market - filling up existing caravan sites. Many such inexperienced users, perhaps as an overflow from full caravan sites, may be inexperienced in the ethical ways of wild motorhoming (some perhaps uncaring).
More caravan sites charging £30 per night is not the answer. Such sites might suit those on a week's holiday - but for the many retired folk wanting to spend a couple of months in their self sufficient motorhomes (not needing electric hook-ups or shower blocks) upwards of £2000 is too rich for many - us included.
So in the meantime you may see us moving en-route between Cairnryan and Willow's home mooring in Shropshire, but that will be it. Our 'motorhoming' will just be on Willow for the time being. Maybe come the red deer rut in October, we might see things a bit different.
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