by Scraggygoat » Sun Oct 20, 2019 10:02 pm
This was a very useful carpark, but in recent years mobbed by Instagram Harry Potter tourists (to at times to grid-lock), there is another carpark under construction to cope with tourist numbers, but what this new carparks position and that of the NTS will be, on long term parking....NTS might change thier position when they get more requests to leave vehicles for long periods, as they are commonly packed as well.
From an outdoor users perspective backpackers used to leave cars for multiple days walking through to Knoydart, and getting the boat / train back from Inverie/Mallaig, or walking through to Mallaig. From a paddlers point of view Open boaters (Canadian canoeists) and sea kayakers used to leave cars there for multiple days (upto a week for some open boaters) while paddling down Loch Sheil and out into the sea, before following the coast round to Loch Ailort or Arisaig and getting the train back to recover thier cars. These are both absolute Scottish classics. Obviously the car park was also well used my Munro baggers.
So it's affect could be far from 'limited', fingers crossed the replacement will be ammeanable to these groups desires.