Thanks to Retired Hack for sending through this update from Niton at the end of last week. Ed
Bit of a brouhahah in Niton last Friday morning when a party of hikers – a common sight in the village – came up against a padlocked public loo, on the first day of the island’s brave new cross-legged world.
Walkers were advised that the nearest alternative was at the Ventnor Botanic Gardens, a further four-mile trek.
And it wasn’t an April fool.
Niton and Whitwell Parish Council were also less than amused by the IW’s sign on the gents, which seemed to be saying: “Blame them, not us.”
In fact the Parish Council has been trying, in the limited time allowed to them, to get a rescue package together and keep the loo rolls rolling.
Pleas for a one-month extension, while missing contract details could be obtained, were met with a curt email on Wednesday saying an extension beyond March 31 wouldn’t be what the Cabinet decided on.
Easter will soon be here, and with it a blindingly-predictable increase in tourist volumes.
Impeccable timing, Mr Pugh.
