I found this sign on holiday. At first I thought the human was a dog from a distance. Well humans are treating dogs as being human so maybe humans are becoming more dog like ? The real reason though is that public toilets have been closed in remote places and visitor numbers have soared due to international travel restrictions. Beaches in Scotland and laybys are being blocked off with large boulders to prevent people camping or parking up. I can see the day when its just impossible to visit anywhere that is not a designated tourist trap with a visitor centre.
Its a common mis-conception that when in the countryside no one is watching you, even on holiday in a remote place. In Wales I stopped at a small river and went for a quick fish with my daughter. I saw no " private fishing signs " but said to her that in 10 minutes someone will arrive asking if we have permission and surely enough...You cannot switch off for a moment nowadays. Park up and some one will arrive asking questions. It never used to be that way. Everything is regulated and being watched by some busy body. I swear there are designated watchers who do nothing else but snoop on others, the sort of people who checked car number plates of parked cars during lockdown to see if they were local and then reported those to the police that were not registered as " local "
