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Filthy Wild Campers

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Callistemon Sun 19-Jul-20 11:12:53

merlotgran

Sounds like a dream job to me. Riding about in glorious countryside, scanning the horizon for the tell-tale sign of curling wisps of smoke from a BBQ.

Very Enid Blyton grin

Ps I agree that littering is a huge problem and needs to be tackled.

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Gwenisgreat1 Sun 19-Jul-20 11:12:33

I wonder if these messy campers have left a messy home as well? Can it be such a problem to take their mess home with them? Or is it sheer laziness?

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Callistemon Sun 19-Jul-20 11:11:35

Wild ponies don't dig latrines either.
They need training.

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Septimia Sun 19-Jul-20 11:09:40

Unfortunately most of these wild campers have had no training in how to do it, such as they would have had if they had been Scouts or Guides.

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midgey Sun 19-Jul-20 11:09:33

Because new wild campers don’t dig proper latrines......

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merlotgran Sun 19-Jul-20 11:09:08

Sounds like a dream job to me. Riding about in glorious countryside, scanning the horizon for the tell-tale sign of curling wisps of smoke from a BBQ.

Very Enid Blyton grin

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GagaJo Sun 19-Jul-20 11:05:56

Rubbish, yes. But otherwise, why is wild camping a problem?

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Alexa Sun 19-Jul-20 11:03:17

This new problem must be dealt with.
There must be policing in wild beauty spots by officers mounted on ponies or quad bikes, who are able to arrest any campers who lack a portable toilet of some acceptable sort, or are too far away from a public toilet with adequate capacity.

These officers should also be detailed to warn and advise any campers that the must take their rubbish home or be punished for not doing so. Officers should keep a registration book of wild campers they find , like hotels' registers.

Trained officers of that sort could be a great job for suitable persons at a time when the employment situation is in a state of change.

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