by GillC » Tue Aug 27, 2013 7:50 am
WHW aside,,the initial point here is that you cannot cross the land to reach the hills behind, eg Chabhair,,(mind you,,I did it from the North, purely to a)avoid the campsite and b) tie it in with An Caisteal and Beinn a Chroinn.
WHW walkers, if passing through,,may use the loo, or, if staying at Inverarnan, pass round the campsite,,as requested, but their start the following day, should not be hampered in this way. Some truists would feel that being forced a mile up the road, and off the WHW route, constitutes not doing the proper route..... Establishments such as BG, Kingshouse etc should embrace the walkers, BG is unfortunately too close to Glasgow and suffers for it but by treating everyone like a trouble maker or a nuisance, you alienate a bigger group,,the ones who actually care how they are treated.
Why don't they make a small charge for the loo, to non campers, or offer filled rolls etc, surely the chance to increase business andimprove relationships with potential customers is good for business? Same for Kingshouse/Glencoe. No use of facilities for wild campers, not even to let them fill water bottles or use the loo. Missing a trick there.
And the debate rolls on,,
I for one, wont use the BG campsite,,too many tales of noisy revellers, and inhospitality....maybe not for all,,but bad publicity goes a LONG way.