Agree al78.
Part of the problem highland Scotland is seeing now is caused by people who do not want to pay anything for their overnight stays.
There are very good points in the article, some of which could be applied in Scotland.
Although there is a link to the official guidance about access and wild camping its a pity it wasn't made clear in the article that - "Scottish access rights apply to non-motorised recreation and do not therefore extend to activities that are entirely based on the use of a vehicle, such as sleeping in cars, camper vans or caravans"
Although the majority of campervans/motor homes have toilet facilities and fresh water tanks on board it seems from comments on social media there are plenty of visitors whose transport does not. However, I do appreciate it is the one irresponsible/uncaring/ignorant person who leaves their litter or craps in by the roadside that gets a mention on Facebook etc and not the one who acts reasonably.
Perhaps developing village car parks as rest stops, with toilets, water and waste facilities, as in France might help, but hands up anyone who would vote for a rest stop over their back garden wall. For those who know Ullapool, think about the houses that back on to the Latheron Lane car park.
Changing people views is certainly very important though it will take a long time to achieve. I think some folks who visit the highlands(and other more remote areas)
(a) want all of the facilities they have back home in a town or city to be available everywhere, and
(b) have no understanding of how rural area work.
and cannot understand when things aren't available or why stopping wherever they like and doing whatever they like is not acceptable.
Though a comment in this video doesn't help -
"In Scotland you can go wild camping you can just make a fire and camp wherever you want"
Dave
I agree education is
