Update on Nairn
Nairn Beach
Nice to see things continue to develop at the links:
1. The newly widened path has now been covered with tarmac – good to see and was well used this sunny afternoon;
2. The showies are coming, with a number of vans parked ready.
I did notice a few dogs on central beach, though, but coming back to the links car park, the signs really aren’t that clear or visible.
Perhaps something clearer to replace the existing sign (which is mostly text) with a larger and simpler display of a dog with red line through it might be helpful for responsible dog owners, along with directions to the east beach so they don’t feel left out.
High Street
The workmen were busy this Sunday, but in replacing a pipe under the road, they’ve really narrowed the where Gordon Street joins the High Street – after the incidence of the stuck lorry earlier in the week, it may be better to avoid cutting through there if can be helped, and either go via Wellington or Waverley road to get to the school or through to Cawdor, or park at Somerfield if looking to traverse the High Street.
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There really is no reason to keep responsible dog owners off the beach. Tourists bring their dogs to Nairn too!
Indeed – I just figure that if the HC disallow dogs from going on the central beach at present, they’re not doing a good job about it!
Any officially sanctioned dog/owner access onto the Central Beach would prevent the said beach achieving blue flag , or seaside award status.
There are about 9 miles of sand between Nairn and Findhorn, and another 4 miles or so between Nairn and Whiteness head. On that basis I personally feel that excluding dogs from the Central Beach (even if it is effectively only ‘officially’) for the Summer is a price worth paying to achieve award status.
I’m not making some anti-dog stance either, I just think it’s called finding a reasonable balance.
maybe the dog warden could earn his keep by patrolling the beach and keep a look out for offenders, am i right in saying that to achieve the blue flag status, keeping dogs off the beach is one of the stipulations, do we really need this flag, do people even know we have it ? if we didnt have the blue flag would that stop people coming here ?
I think it is a case of going too far, it discriminates against local residents.
It is a ‘tourism uber alles’ approach.
PS Just had a look for info on Nairn’s Blue Flag.
doesn’t seem to be any sign of it on this map. Is the flag from some other organisation then?
http://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/blueflags.asp
‘The 2008 summer season has now ended. There were six Scottish beaches flying the Blue Flag this year. Next years winners will be announced in June 2009 .’
Amazing to see those winners – Burnt Island is a short thin strip of beach covered on black ash, and while Leven has a decent long beach, it’s all stared down by a big power station.
Nairn easily trumps them in terms of scenic beauty, so it’s certainly worth exploring what measures are required to qualify for the award.
In terms of discriminating against locals – as Spurtle points out, we have a huge length of beach from west through to the east of Nairn, so it’s hardly like anyone is being deprived of beach walks for dogs.
However, if the Central Beach is being promoted for family use, you absolutely need to keep the dog poo off it. While I’m sure most dog owners are responsible, there is a minority leaving a clear message otherwise around the town.
Yeah and who is going to keep the human crap/rubbish off the beach. Easy to find tons of that blue flag or not.
Seems to be more to a noce beach than sand and a view