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Trowels in lay-bys for 'urgent toilet breaks'
Aug 12, 2020
Trowels are to be left in 90 lay-bys in part of the Highlands to help tackle problems with outdoor toileting.
Lochbroom Community Council is also to install signs directing visitors to where there are public toilets.
Chairman Topher Dawson said the trowels would offer an "emergency, last resort" for those who desperately need the loo to dig a hole and bury the waste.
He said some of the many "welcome visitors" came to area without knowing there would be few facilities.
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The community council covers a large part of the north west Highlands around Ullapool and Dundonnell.
The Highlands have been a popular destination for tourists following the easing of some lockdown restrictions.
Mr Dawson said some people might not know available public toilets were "thin on the ground" before they travelled to the region and they should be offered help.
He said a temporary "urgent solution" was needed and 90 plastic garden trowels had been ordered. He hoped people would first consider finding a public toilet.
Mr Dawson said: "We have about 100 lay-bys in our area but 90 trowels were all that were available to buy."
'Dirty camping'
The community council plans to put up signs in all the lay-bys with a map showing where public toilets were located and advice from Mountaineering Scotland on considerate camping behaviour.
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