More greeting faced locals complaining about motorhomes

[Northernraider]

Getting as bad as Cornwall these days. I've not ventured north since 2017 because if wingers like these.

'Selfish' NC500 campervan drivers are ruining our home - delivery drivers can't reach us

FURIOUS locals have slammed “idiotic” motorhome drivers for “ruining” the North Coast 500 route. With an impressive 516-mile stretch of magnificent coastal views, it’s not s…

www.thescottishsun.co.uk

 

[scotjimland]

Won’t go near it either , it’s been ruined by the overuse and lack of facilities , the locals have had enough and in my view every right to complain, I certainly would if I lived there. https://m.facebook.com/groups/595039354532848/?ref=share

 

[monzer]

Won't give the Sun my cookies. What's the gist of it?

 

[Just smiffy]

Won’t go near it either , it’s been ruined by the overuse and lack of facilities , the locals have had enough and in my view every right to complain, I certainly would if I lived there. https://m.facebook.com/groups/595039354532848/?ref=share

My god that’s a page full of spite and hate….

 

[Tombola]

Won't give the Sun my cookies. What's the gist of it?

Just choose reject all

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[Tombola]

It's overrated anyway. I won't be going again
Emperors new clothes.

 

[nicholsong]

Getting as bad as Cornwall these days. I've not ventured north since 2017 because if wingers like these.

'Selfish' NC500 campervan drivers are ruining our home - delivery drivers can't reach us

FURIOUS locals have slammed “idiotic” motorhome drivers for “ruining” the North Coast 500 route. With an impressive 516-mile stretch of magnificent coastal views, it’s not s…

www.thescottishsun.co.uk

That report seemed to be based on comments from 4 people: including a van driver who cannot turn round and the host of a B&B complaining that they do not like the type of person booking through BnB, so presumably not MHomers, but they have not taken their bookings off BnB. And one person who lives on Skye Oh Please!.

At the foot of the article the Sun also advertises that they will pay for contributions, so I wonder how much those 4 got paid.

Rubbish journalism.

 

[Northernraider]

Won't give the Sun my cookies. What's the gist of it?

The gist is a tourist area doesn't like tourists.

 

[Northernraider]

It's overrated anyway. I won't be going again
Emperors new clothes.

It used to be a lovely area to visit. Then loads of folk who weren't born there bought houses and business's and now they don't like other people visiting . The locals I met when I travelled there years back were welcoming and friendly . Now they complain about everything . It's this territorial mindset folk have these days unfortunately.

 

[gpat]

Its a free Country. If they don't like it they can move elsewhere. They don't have any more right than anyone else to be there do they?

Its annoying. Suck it up. So long as no one is doing anything illegal or antisocial.

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[enark]

NIMBY ism?

 

[Tombola]

the funny thing is the NC500 came about to bring much needed tourist money to the outlying communities.
Now we are all sassenachs lol

of course its the few ruining it for the masses, but my experience each time I go up there is Im always told how we are either
A: pinching their water????
B: causing mayhem to quiet spots and Loch areas(of cooooourse no scots ever visit the lochs etc)
C: dont take care of the countryside (all Scots obviously do)

they can keep it, there are better places and less hassle, Ardrossan is the farthest for me now, and thats only as I have friends there.

 

[Neil S]

Getting as bad as Cornwall these days. I've not ventured north since 2017 because if wingers like these.

'Selfish' NC500 campervan drivers are ruining our home - delivery drivers can't reach us

FURIOUS locals have slammed “idiotic” motorhome drivers for “ruining” the North Coast 500 route. With an impressive 516-mile stretch of magnificent coastal views, it’s not s…

www.thescottishsun.co.uk

never been North of Moffat in 5 years , been there and done it enough in the past
dont get me wrong the North and North West of Scotland has some wonderful scenery but I'd rather go south or across the channel
Bad enough last time we did the NC 500 as the locals would give you the Death stare every time you parked up

 

[monzer]

the funny thing is the NC500 came about to bring much needed tourist money to the outlying communities.
Now we are all sassenachs lol

of course its the few ruining it for the masses, but my experience each time I go up there is Im always told how we are either
A: pinching their water????
B: causing mayhem to quiet spots and Loch areas(of cooooourse no scots ever visit the lochs etc)
C: dont take care of the countryside (all Scots obviously do)

they can keep it, there are better places and less hassle, Ardrossan is the farthest for me now, and thats only as I have friends there.

It's not unique to Scotland. The Spanish have had their fair share of issues with MH's and more recently Norway.

 

[bigtree]

It used to be a lovely area to visit. Then loads of folk who weren't born there bought houses and business's and now they don't like other people visiting . The locals I met when I travelled there years back were welcoming and friendly . Now they complain about everything . It's this territorial mindset folk have these days unfortunately.

I got banned off an NC500 Faceache page because I questioned one person moaning about illegal camping, he went on about someone needs to do something about it. Turns out he is a southern softy incomer and owns the page that he is moaning on, he lives in Reay and doesn’t want anyone else to enjoy Scotland now that he lives there.
No loss really as I’m never likely to go that way again.

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[BouncyBoatFolk]

Ah the Sun, best treated like the majority of Scouser's think, ignore it and don't buy it, put the lying malice filled hate sheet out of business.
Mike.

 

[Neil S]

My god that’s a page full of spite and hate….

and I bet a good percentage of the moaning twats are incomers

 

[Langtoftlad]

The gist is a tourist area doesn't like tourists.

When I worked in Stratford upon Avon... the residents hated the tourists, the businesses & workers loved them

 

[Tombola]

It's not unique to Scotland. The Spanish have had their fair share of issues with MH's and more recently Norway.

No doubt every country in the world has...I was just stating my experience

 

[scotjimland]

So long as no one is doing anything illegal or antisocial.

indeed,
but therein lies the problem.. laws are being broken, and peoples lives disrupted by the sheer volume of tourist traffic on roads that were never designed for it.



The surge in tourism along the NC500 has raised concerns about its environmental impact. Irresponsible waste disposal, increased pollution, and disturbance of wildlife habitats are some of the challenges faced by the region.

Frustrations over dangerous driving and littering, problems which are not unique to the NC500, are said to have led to some vigilante action from locals including blocking passing places and for the Highlands but it must not be done at the expense of those who live there.

There is a balance to be struck, says Maree Todd, SNP MSP for Caithness, Sutherland and Ross. Tourism is a crucial money-spinner for the Highlands but she says it must not be done at the expense of those who live there

NC500 plan to promote ‘slow tourism’ to drive down complaints

The chairman of the NC500 group says he wants to reassure Highland communities 'we are listening' amid frustration over irresponsible tourism on the…

www.heraldscotland.com

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[IRHP]

the locals up there are always mentioning littering but they don't seem to mind just abandoning their cars and other vehicle and leaving them to rot when they reach the end of their life.
Another thing that gets me is the big cave at Gary Beach that the locals like to use as the toilet. We wanted to walk through it but were asked if we could wait till his wife had finished in there. The time it took she wasn't just in for a pee either. No doubt if anyone came across her deposit the motorhomers would get the blame.

 

[pagey]

ill help them out, its 450 miles from me and only 75 miles from me to dover i know what way im going

 

[maison]

So that’s the north of Scotland off the list as well as Cornwall.

That leaves Wales. Oh no, the soon to be 20mph limit in all built up areas rules that out too.

Damn, I live there. Bummer.

 

[Nanniemate]

It was great when known as the coast road i travelled it many a time.
Then they gave it a name and promotion and it is a victim of the success
I would like to visit the area but all theses flaming vans taking up space that I want I don't think it will happen soon
Ring of kerry the same on the must do tick box listers
There us another peninsular that I think far nicer but not telling which one

 

[Northernraider]

It was great when known as the coast road i travelled it many a time.
Then they gave it a name and promotion and it is a victim of the success
I would like to visit the area but all theses flaming vans taking up space that I want I don't think it will happen soon
Ring of kerry the same on the must do tick box listers
There us another peninsular that I think far nicer but not telling which one

I found Ireland to be similar unfortunately.

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[Reallyretired]

It was great when known as the coast road i travelled it many a time.
Then they gave it a name and promotion and it is a victim of the success
I would like to visit the area but all theses flaming vans taking up space that I want I don't think it will happen soon
Ring of kerry the same on the must do tick box listers
There us another peninsular that I think far nicer but not telling which one

Iberian?

 

[Cookieboy68]

We got up as far as Glen coe in May thinking it would not be to busy.We were wrong.we spent 2 nights around Glencoe ,turned around and made out way back to Dumfries and Galloway.
It was just way to busy for us.
We are heading back up in September, But not up north. Were heading to the Mull of Kintyre for a week,then once again D and G for a week

 

[gpat]

indeed,
but therein lies the problem.. laws are being broken, and peoples lives disrupted by the sheer volume of tourist traffic on roads that were never designed for it.



The surge in tourism along the NC500 has raised concerns about its environmental impact. Irresponsible waste disposal, increased pollution, and disturbance of wildlife habitats are some of the challenges faced by the region.

NC500 plan to promote ‘slow tourism’ to drive down complaints

The chairman of the NC500 group says he wants to reassure Highland communities 'we are listening' amid frustration over irresponsible tourism on the…

www.heraldscotland.com

Yes but being part of a sheer volume of traffic is not illegal or antisocial. It wouldn't be what I would want to do, but I would claim the right to do it if I wanted to.

 

[Northernraider]

If I can't get to Europe this winter I'd hoped to go up north for a week or 2 in October but I think I might just go over to the south west coast around Ayrshire and the Galloway forest instead. Or perhaps a bit of the north east coast . Can't be doing with whiny locals complaining.

 

[Nanniemate]

I found Ireland to be similar unfortunately.

Yes Southern Ireland started to see euros not people when Northern Ireland opened up it was like the South used to be not been for a long time bit do need to visit didn't like the Connimarra seemed to go on foe ever with little change to landscape but u may see ot with fresh eyes next time

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