On 6th May, during the very dry spell, I went for another walk over An Caisteal and Ben a Chroin, almost a year to the day after a similar round The Glen Falloch hydro schemes (2) (with several visits in-between). The walk provided yet more evidence of why Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park…
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Trouble has been brewing in Luss for quite a time. Local residents over the summer were swamped with visitors and one of the main issues has been cars circulating the narrow streets and parking outside resident’s houses. Argyll and Bute, which is the Roads Authority, is now consulting on its proposals (see here) to manage…
There has been a history of people staying in caravans in the laybys along the A82 south of Tarbert. The caravan in the photo above was still there when I went past on Monday 29th August. The Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority used long stays such as this, which are commonly known as…
When I set up parkswatchscotland in March I had no idea what I was letting myself in for. I had broadly conceived it as an open platform for people concerned about our two National Parks and had hoped to get a team of active contributors within a few weeks. I thought I might write a…
This lovely positive film http://www.hakaimagazine.com/video/right-roam puts Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park to shame. People are filmed driving to beautiful places and camping by the roadside to paddle on lochs – just as they do in the National Park. A great counter argument to the LLTNPA and FCS who wish to remove roadside camping…
After a morning looking around west Loch Lomond (to be covered in future posts) I attended today’s LLTNPA Board Meeting as an observer with Peter and Mary Jack from the Loch Lomond Association. A member of Buchanan Community Council had also turned up to see how the Board operates. In governance terms the March meeting…
The CNPA have responded to the media coverage of the mountain hare cull http://cairngorms.co.uk/mountain-hare-cull-statement/ The response is quite predictable – as a member of staff the Director of Conservation was not in a position to launch the CNPA in new directions – but very sad. It demonstrates some of what is wrong with so-called conservation…