I was delighted to see early on Sunday morning on my way to climb on Beinn Udlaidh that the  abandoned car that has been lying off the road south of Inverarnan has been lifted – five months after I asked the Park what they were doing about it  https://parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2016/02/17/litter-a-mote-in-the-eye-of-the-national-park-authority/  

I wish I could claim this as a first success for the blog but alas it was still at proto-trial stage and  its coincidence the car has just been lifted.  Perhaps the Minister for the Environment was about to do a guided tour of the A82, which has been designated a national scenic route.

If so, perhaps the Park might also clear up the abandoned bumper which is just 50m away from where the car was, the blue  tape left stranded on the brambles and clear up the roadside while they are it.

A couple of weeks ago I took a look at the roadsides along the A82 by Loch Lomond.  They are littered with rubbish.  Winter is a good time to look as the vegetation has died back.   This litter has nothing specifically to do with campers.  It is thrown out of car windows and dropped in laybys by visitors, people travelling through and locals.   This is a national issue which the Park cannot be expected to address on its own.

However, along the A82 instead of wasting resources policing campers, the Park could employ local people to keep the road verges rubbish free and set an example.  It could also use its powers as a National Park to ensure litter bins are installed at all the stopping off points north of Tarbet as the current position of just hoping people will take their litter home is not working