A snack van has been given the go ahead at Belhaven Bay. Copyright Richard West and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
Why has East Lothian Council given the go-ahead to a snack van at Belhaven?
One of East Lothian’s wild beauty spots, it risks becoming polluted by empty food and drink containers, littering the shore and sea. I hardly think that writing customers’ initials on takeaway containers will change things. There are already snack facilities at East Links Family Park nearby, plus Dunbar Harbour and Pencraig lay-by.
John Muir, the Dunbar-born conservationist, thought we should “keep our remaining wild areas pristine because of their soul-stirring beauty and our inner need for such areas as an escape”. Obviously, the council does not agree.
V. Silvestre
Lynwood Cottage
Pencaitland
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