Quote Originally Posted by cyclops View Post
banana skins take much longer than a couple of months to decompose: http://www.theguardian.com/environme...tains-scotland
and I have heard they alter the pH value/acidity of the soil/peat so damage is done.
whatever you take onto the hill should be taken off....leave only footprints. there's no excuse in my book.
In the context of hundreds of people driving many miles to a fell race, does a few banana skins rotting away on the fellside really constitute environmental damage?