Inveruglas car park - conditions May 2017
Posted: Tue May 09, 2017 10:46 am
My email to the National Park, 7 May:
Dear National Park staff,
I visited Inveruglas car park yesterday, 6 May, to go hillwalking. I arrived at 7.30am.
The bins were overflowing with rubbish; the toilets were closed; the pay-and-display wouldn't take the new pound coins, and the little ticket that it eventually spat out was illegible.
For the £4 parking fee, please provide better value for money!
Best wishes, ...
Their reply, 9 May:
Dear ...,
Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. We are aware that at peak times the rubbish collection infrastructure can be put under pressure. To this end the bins which you noted where installed this year doubling the capacity on site and providing recycling facilities as well. It is unfortunate that more education needs to be done with the users of the park in terms of how they deal with their waste when in such beautiful locations.
In terms of the Toilets these are operated by the Café which is not open until later in the day when the vast majority of patrons would be visiting. With the increasing cost of running these facilitates this is the only option open to the Café Operator.
As you will be aware the new pound coin has only come into circulation within the last month or two, as such it does take a little time for infrastructure to catch up to the new design and we hope to have a suitable solution from our providers shortly.
We are glad that you took the opportunity to visit the National Park and enjoy its scenery. Please do continue to visit and enjoy the public open space that it offers.
Kindest regards
So no problems then. And we users really need to be educated better.
Astonishing. Thank you Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park!
Dear National Park staff,
I visited Inveruglas car park yesterday, 6 May, to go hillwalking. I arrived at 7.30am.
The bins were overflowing with rubbish; the toilets were closed; the pay-and-display wouldn't take the new pound coins, and the little ticket that it eventually spat out was illegible.
For the £4 parking fee, please provide better value for money!
Best wishes, ...
Their reply, 9 May:
Dear ...,
Thank you for bringing these issues to our attention. We are aware that at peak times the rubbish collection infrastructure can be put under pressure. To this end the bins which you noted where installed this year doubling the capacity on site and providing recycling facilities as well. It is unfortunate that more education needs to be done with the users of the park in terms of how they deal with their waste when in such beautiful locations.
In terms of the Toilets these are operated by the Café which is not open until later in the day when the vast majority of patrons would be visiting. With the increasing cost of running these facilitates this is the only option open to the Café Operator.
As you will be aware the new pound coin has only come into circulation within the last month or two, as such it does take a little time for infrastructure to catch up to the new design and we hope to have a suitable solution from our providers shortly.
We are glad that you took the opportunity to visit the National Park and enjoy its scenery. Please do continue to visit and enjoy the public open space that it offers.
Kindest regards
So no problems then. And we users really need to be educated better.
Astonishing. Thank you Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park!