Happy HIGHLAND CAMPERS

THE current pandemic has highlighted issues around the use of our wild spaces especially in remote areas such as the Scottish Highlands. Here campsites and bothies have been closed for months but cases of people flouting the lockdown rules and wild camping have regularly hit the headlines. In most cases, this isn’t wild camping at all, just opportunistic partying by thoughtless individuals who leave piles of litter and discarded camping gear behind. Naturally, this upsets both the locals and the authorities and has already resulted in camping restrictions in the Loch Lomond National Park.

Although appearing wild to those visiting from the towns and cities, the Highlands is actually a managed