Fly-tippers blight Ron Short Walk

THE National Trust of Guernsey's head of estate management has branded fly-tipping on the Ron Short Walk as totally irresponsible.

A settee is the latest in a line of items to have been dumped at the Talbot Valley site, which is enjoyed by many walkers.

'This is an ongoing problem and two weeks ago we had to have a load of rubbish bags removed from there,' said Martin Ozanne.

'It's totally irresponsible as you can take something like a settee to the recycling site and leave it there for nothing.'

He said the land was given to the trust and was dedicated to the memory of one of its stalwarts, Ron Short.

The Guernsey Conservation Volunteers have done a lot of work in the area to help maintain its natural beauty.

'We would welcome any information as to who might have done this as somebody must recognise the settee,' said Mr Ozanne.

'It's not as if this is commercial waste and someone is trying to avoid the cost of a skip. It's just the laziness of a private individual.'

* Mr Ozanne can be contacted on 263794.