Main road litter disgrace
Cyclist Robert Kincaid was so disgusted at verge side rubbish on the way out of Oban that he organised a litter pick.
Mr Kincaid, along with his wife Fiona and friend Mandy Peden, teamed up to tackle the mess scattered along the side of the main road south from Oban and filled a trailer and back of an estate car with more than 20 bags.
Bottles and cans, polystyrene, bits off vehicles and smashed roadside plastic bollards were just some of the waste haul.
He said: ‘I had previously cycled up the hill and was appalled at the amount of rubbish along the road edge. We parked at the entrance to the quarry at the top of the hill along with our trailer, and armed with sacks and our PPE we worked the road verges back towards Oban.
‘This stretch is less than 800 metres and the roadside vegetation has caught a lot of the discarded waste, but in the winter it is obvious so we had plenty to pick up.’
There was so much to clear that they ran out of sacks just before they got to the 30 mph signs.
Mr Kincaid added: ‘Some of the material had started breaking down and some remains hidden in the undergrowth.
‘I was just shocked that in the end our small trailer was filled to capacity as well as the back of the estate car. We collected well over 20 sacks.
‘I took the rubbish to Moleigh refuse site where it was placed in several containers. I got some help from a member of staff and he was equally surprised when I told him it had all come from a small stretch of the main road.
‘I am proud to say it now looks the way it should look, but far from proud that it is the population of Oban that has caused this disgrace.’