Free holidays at Westport!

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Miller lager! Now there's a reason to ban them.

[RobY]

Went up to Westport this morning 7am and could not park in the car park!, saw a couple of local surfers that had to turn back too ,about 9+ camper vans and the rest were cars, better still on my way up to Lochgilphead later this morning there was a camper van parked in the BT layby at the sharp bend between Glenbarr and Muasdale with a loose dog wandering round. I took the dogs to Machrihanish this morning instead (of Westport) and noticed the camp site had plenty of space - no wonder!

I think I'm getting bitter and twisted so this might be my last word on the subject!

[Ross]

Was out at Westport last light the night afore and the car park was full then. Went out this morning and only got parked as one of the lads was movin somewhere else for some peace and the cars are still comin down the road loaded with boards, its just aswell that the weathers poor the day as no one would get anywhere near the beach. Well not long till winters on its way and it gets back to normal

[Sweltered]

I thought the idea was to attract people to the area, not moan about them while they are there. Unless of course they are spending NO money in the vacinity, then of course they can just bugger off.

[RobY]

Exactly what we are saying!

[Jock Strap]

I thought the idea was to attract people to the area, not moan about them while they are there.

I find the above rich, coming from someone who does nothing but belittle his former home town. Just because you perhaps didn't enjoy the area when you were growing doesn't mean the rest of us can't or could have - it makes me think the problem lies with you....

[Sweltered]

I thought the idea was to attract people to the area, not moan about them while they are there.

I find the above rich, coming from someone who does nothing but belittle his former home town. Just because you perhaps didn't enjoy the area when you were growing doesn't mean the rest of us can't or could have - it makes me think the problem lies with you....

I beg your pardon , I have not made any derogatory comments about the town for a long time. Perhaps you should pay more attention before flapping your gums My point was, there has been a great deal written about attracting people to the area, and now that Westport is attracting a lot of visitors, there's nothing about complaints. Someone was even lamenting the fact that Campbeltown wasn't as remote as it was! You either want a tourist trade or you don't.

I enjoyed my formative years in Campbeltown. But it is a far cry from the town I grew up in. It is NOT Shangri-La and it never was. It's just a town. Not the best and not the worst.

[Tubby the Tuba]

Well its nice to see the some of the weekend visitors/campers/surfers/druggies at Westport had a nice quiet, tidy, no nonsense, civilised time at the weekend.....

Well, apart from the fact that the old blue caravan thats on the old road got vanalised. It had the door wrenched off and most of the windows broken!! The old couple from Glasgow had been using it on weekend breaks here since before 1961, its not much of a caravan I know compared to ones these days, but still it just shows you how ignorant these people are, coming down here and treating the place like it doesnt matter.

Also theyve nicked all the stabs from the fence that runs down the old road, (about 30metres or so) so they could fuel their bonfires!! The fence wasnt up to much really, but it was still a boundary fence, it makes me wonder how much respect they really have for the area. Mind you this isnt the 1st time these idiots have stolen fencing materials to make up their bonfires, a couple of years ago, a wooden gate was stolen from a field and the cattle got out.

A bunch of w**kers springs to mind (at the very least) when I think of how to describe these inconsiderate people.

[Ross]

Have already started my investigations into this one with a few enquiries to some of the people I know were around that weekend after speeking to one of the polis at the beach the other morning, the mindless ignorance of some people really does shock me sometimes

[Sweltered]

Well its nice to see the some of the weekend visitors/campers/surfers/druggies at Westport had a nice quiet, tidy, no nonsense, civilised time at the weekend.....

Well, apart from the fact that the old blue caravan thats on the old road got vanalised. It had the door wrenched off and most of the windows broken!! The old couple from Glasgow had been using it on weekend breaks here since before 1961, its not much of a caravan I know compared to ones these days, but still it just shows you how ignorant these people are, coming down here and treating the place like it doesnt matter.

Also theyve nicked all the stabs from the fence that runs down the old road, (about 30metres or so) so they could fuel their bonfires!! The fence wasnt up to much really, but it was still a boundary fence, it makes me wonder how much respect they really have for the area. Mind you this isnt the 1st time these idiots have stolen fencing materials to make up their bonfires, a couple of years ago, a wooden gate was stolen from a field and the cattle got out.

A bunch of w**kers springs to mind (at the very least) when I think of how to describe these inconsiderate people.

I lived in Thurso for a few years and the town attracted a lot of surfers. I don't ever remember anything like this. They all seemed to be pretty well behaved. Out of their heads on pot, I'll grant you, but never caused any problems that I can remember. Maybe this lot thieving toerags were too lazy to make it up there.

[Ross]

Alot of the people that are coming down here aren't what i'd call reall surfers, more of "oh this is a cool thing to do at the moment so lets hire some boards and go surfing", unfortunately the antics of these people give everybody else a bad name.

[Bruce]

When I visited the beach recently (along with Linda J, as she mentioned earlier) the carpark resembled a boy-racers' meeting place! Something tells me that lot wouldn't know one end of a board from the other, but were well acquainted with the operation of opening and emptying many cans of Millar!

[scotty]

but were well acquainted with the operation of opening and emptying many cans of Millar!

Leave Miller alone it is an innocent party in all this not like that bad boy Stella

[Bobbie En Tejas]

Stella!!

[Wired 2 The Moon]

u cant ban ppl from camping at westport