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I just came across This Story about abuse of a parking facility in St Andrews.
It appears (I think there have even been threads on here in the past) that motorhomes have been using West Sands informally in ones and twos for years but that is now threatened by people overdoing it.
"44 mobile homes set up camp in the area, with word spreading fast through social media" smacks of some sort of organised rally by some group rather than so many simply deciding to turn up by coincidence.
I suppose it's typical that a couple of people who have commented on the story claim that no harm is done - yes, when it is only a few vans, but they completely ignore the comment that large numbers are unsustainable in an area not designed to cope.
If people have identified a demand for an aire/stopover why have they not approached Fife Council and/or Fife Coast and Countryside Trust to do something about it in advance? How many of those 44, I wonder, have had the gumption to realise what might happen and do something constructive rather than just taking advantage? Is it any wonder that motorhomers as a whole get a bad name when this sort of thing happens?
The sad fact is that the likely outcome is that a height barrier will be installed and we will all have lost the chance to go somewhere as day visitors :Sad:
It appears (I think there have even been threads on here in the past) that motorhomes have been using West Sands informally in ones and twos for years but that is now threatened by people overdoing it.
"44 mobile homes set up camp in the area, with word spreading fast through social media" smacks of some sort of organised rally by some group rather than so many simply deciding to turn up by coincidence.
I suppose it's typical that a couple of people who have commented on the story claim that no harm is done - yes, when it is only a few vans, but they completely ignore the comment that large numbers are unsustainable in an area not designed to cope.
If people have identified a demand for an aire/stopover why have they not approached Fife Council and/or Fife Coast and Countryside Trust to do something about it in advance? How many of those 44, I wonder, have had the gumption to realise what might happen and do something constructive rather than just taking advantage? Is it any wonder that motorhomers as a whole get a bad name when this sort of thing happens?
The sad fact is that the likely outcome is that a height barrier will be installed and we will all have lost the chance to go somewhere as day visitors :Sad: