‘New level of disrespect' cry NC500 locals as ‘feral' campers pitch tents on poignant memorial
CAMPSITE FURY 'New level of disrespect' cry NC500 locals as 'feral' campers pitch tents on poignant memorial
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FURIOUS residents on the North Coast 500 have blasted campers who pitched their tents on a memorial site.
A group of tourists visited the Marie Curie Field of Hope in North Sutherland, one of the most northernly spots on the 516-mile tourist route.
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Locals on the North Coast 500 were furious
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Thousands of people visit the tourist route every year
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It is one of the world's most popular attractions
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The site is next to a viewpoint between Melvich and Strathy in the northern Highlands.
It is a small field with 2,000 flowers in a overlooks Strathy Point and Dunnet Head and the Orkney islands.
The field honours the work of Marie Curie Cancer Care and remembers people who have tragically lost their lives to the disease.
The site has also been used for people to scatter their loved ones ashes.
But a group of campers completely ignored the special nature of the site by using it to set up their tents.
An image of the field was posted on a local Facebook page.
It showed three tents pitched on top of the memorial flowers and a folding chair.
Locals were quick to express their anger at the campers.
One person said: "Lovely place to camp for the night in the Marie Curie Field of Hope outside Melvich.
"Ignorant people and then they wonder why locals don't welcome them.
Locals fury at NC500 pranksters
"People have scattered loved ones ashes in there… just disgusting."
Another added: "That's a whole new level of disrespect."
A third local claimed they challenged the group, saying: "I'd have told them to move on - find somewhere else - huge disrespect."
A fourth commented: "That's ridiculous, do they have any idea of the grief they will cause people who have had their parents looked after by the Marie Curie trust? There's no need to use the spot."
A fifth resident branded their campsite "feral behaviour" while another said it was "appalling".
Another person said: "That's well over the line of decency, what on earth goes through their heads?
"Blatant disrespect and entitlement."
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