Plockton reputation ‘damaged by school pupils’ [Scotsman]
Date: 26/04/2013
IT IS known as the idyllic Highland village to which tourists make a beeline and where the BBC drama Hamish Macbeth was set. However, the reputation of the west coast settlement has been bismirched by loitering and litter-dropping school pupils at its railway station, which have triggered a deluge of complaints to community leaders. The station is on the Inverness-Kyle of Lochalsh line that Michael Palin has hailed as one of the world’s greatest railway journeys. Now British Transport Police (BTP) have moved to stamp out the anti-social behaviour by enlisting youngsters from Plockton High School, which adjoins the station, to help with its upkeep by looking after its plants and picking up litter. In a ceremony today, a plaque was unveiled by Highlands MSP Jean Urquhart to mark the station being “adopted” by a committee of pupils.
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IT IS known as the idyllic Highland village to which tourists make a beeline and where the BBC drama Hamish Macbeth was set.
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Location: Plockton
Company: Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)
26/04/2013 John Yellowlees
Location: Plockton
Company: Kyle of Lochalsh Extension (Highland Railway)
26/04/2013 John Yellowlees
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