Sir,
Like the NHS I am celebrating a 70th anniversary this summer … in my case I have been holidaying on Arran since 1948. While changes were gradual, in recent years RET has encouraged a glut of campervans. I commiserate with residents, like Rory Cowan (Letters 7th July), who have to put up with unacceptable behaviour. I can understand the desire to impose laws, but I fear this will take time and will require enforcement.
May I suggest a more immediate action to try to get more reasonable behaviour: construct a code of practice for campervans advising locations where overnight parking can occur and where it should not. Advise on locations for disposal of effluent. Advise on road manners such as speed, overtaking and use of passing places. This could be done before the end of July.
The code of practice could be given out with the ferry tickets by Cal- Mac, or follow the example of the Isle of Colonsay where a resident volunteer meets every ferry and hands out an envelope containing brochures on attractions to the island. An alternative would be to have someone paid by the advertisers, to hand out the package of brochures and code of practice while vehicles are in the queue at Ardrossan and Clonaig,
I hope something can be done before the reputation and the environment of Arran is besmirched.