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- Sep 23, 2014
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Today my mate & I went for a wee jaunt down the south Ayrshire coast to get some Ayrshire spuds, if you've never tried them I feel sorry for you, they put Jersey Royals to shame.
It was a beautiful day with lovely views of Arran, the Mull of Kintyre & northern Ireland, so after getting the spuds we went to Girvan for an ice cream & headed down to the car park at the beach.
This car park has been used by motorhomes for decades & there has never been any trouble.
The first thing I noticed were some caravans parked & locked up with no sign of any owners which I think is just wrong, I was really disappointed to see this.
They weren't travellers, just common or garden small caravans.
With a motorhome/campervan you can leave quite quickly if your asked to move on & we can do so without grumble.
A caravan is a totally different beast & in my view they are pushing their luck & in the process they risk us being ousted permanently.
This car park has always been an excellent place to watch the northern lights as your looking north over the sea with no bright lights to spoil your view, so as such its a great place to stop over in winter & the carpark is tarmacked so no mud trailed into your van.
I do realise that wild camping is in the strictest terms unlawful but, is largely ignored by the authorities in this neck of the woods.
My question is "am I being a misery guts or unfair in my dislike of caravans using this or for that matter any car park"?
I was a caravan owner for many years but, would never have considered wild camping much less setting it up then going home & using it at weekends.
Rant over.....Robert.
It was a beautiful day with lovely views of Arran, the Mull of Kintyre & northern Ireland, so after getting the spuds we went to Girvan for an ice cream & headed down to the car park at the beach.
This car park has been used by motorhomes for decades & there has never been any trouble.
The first thing I noticed were some caravans parked & locked up with no sign of any owners which I think is just wrong, I was really disappointed to see this.
They weren't travellers, just common or garden small caravans.
With a motorhome/campervan you can leave quite quickly if your asked to move on & we can do so without grumble.
A caravan is a totally different beast & in my view they are pushing their luck & in the process they risk us being ousted permanently.
This car park has always been an excellent place to watch the northern lights as your looking north over the sea with no bright lights to spoil your view, so as such its a great place to stop over in winter & the carpark is tarmacked so no mud trailed into your van.
I do realise that wild camping is in the strictest terms unlawful but, is largely ignored by the authorities in this neck of the woods.
My question is "am I being a misery guts or unfair in my dislike of caravans using this or for that matter any car park"?
I was a caravan owner for many years but, would never have considered wild camping much less setting it up then going home & using it at weekends.
Rant over.....Robert.