Blogger’s fury at toilet left at beauty spot

An avalanche risk recorder was angered after finding a toilet dumped near a Scottish nature reserve.

The fly-tipping close to the Creag Meagaidh reserve in the Highlands was spotted by a member of the Scottish Avalanche Information Service (Sais).

In an angry blog, the avalanche risk forecaster said the toilet had been offloaded next to a “beautiful and remote lochside” and was “a sad reflection of society today”.

The hillwalker then got in touch to say he had dealt with the fly-tipping.

The toilet was dumped during the festive break, and just days before the Scottish Wildlife Trust spoke out about problems with fly-tipping at its nature reserves.

The charity said fridges, burned-out vehicles and asbestos were among the items dumped at its sites last year.

The Creag Meagaidh reserve is managed by Scottish Natural Heritage.

It is one of six areas Sais assesses for avalanche hazards every winter.

The other areas are Torridon, Lochaber, Glen Coe, Southern Cairngorms and Northern Cairngorms.

In his blog the Sais Creag Meagaidh recorder wrote: “Just quite what the mindset was that thought it appropriate to offload the above at the roadside, near the Scottish National Heritage site of Creag Meagaidh is beyond me. The beautiful Highland setting of a remote lochside in the Cairngorms National Park obviously a blindspot for someone!

“Now offloaded and the responsibility for its disposal in the first instance deferred , to whom now does it befall?”