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Drymen is getting desperate for help to tackle “disgusting” wild toileting issues say community councillors.Closure of the village’s public toilets more than a decade ago then withdrawal of funding for a ‘comfort partnership’ arrangement with local businesses have seen visitors having to spend a penny - and more - in “the most inappropriate” places.And local stalwarts are warning the public nuisance could soon be a public health hazard.Drymen Community Council secretary Andrew Richardson told the Observer: “Drymen public toilets were closed and replaced with a ‘Comfort Partner’, as part of spending cuts driven by Stirling Council.“Additional spending cuts during the pandemic saw Stirling Council withdraw the ‘Comfort Partner’ funding, leaving Drymen with no public toilets.“With Drymen sitting on the West Highland Way and being the gateway to east Loch Lomond, the number of visitors passing through Drymen increases each year.“But with no public toilets available, visitors are forced to ‘wild toilet’ - usually in the most inappropriate places and with obviously disgusting results.“Whilst representatives of both Stirling Council and the National Park Authority have acknowledged the need for public toilets within Drymen, it has been left to Drymen Community Council and its community partners to try and address the problem.“However, without the assistance and support of Stirling Council, what is currently a public nuisance will soon become a public health hazard.”Click here for more news and sport from the Stirling area.The community council has appealed to locals to back their efforts to have public toilets reinstated in the village or to come up with other ideas.In a message posted on their social media, the community

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