Loo

We have a small but growing collection of photographs bearing the title ' Public Toilets in Beautiful Places'. So far we have 3, the first was taken in Abel Tasman National Park on New Zealand's south island. Close to a beach, but far from people and houses it was as unexpected as it was welcome. Last year we chanced upon a toilet on a long trail in Bryce Canyon in Utah, surrounded by trees and the red stone buttes common to the area. Whilst in Sweden we came upon a toilet nestled between some trees and close to a hidden cove on one of the many islands that lay off the west coast of the country. Ok, so it's a small collection, one that we don't actively try to build, merely add to it when the situation arises. An even smaller collection was started this year as well, when we visited the small harbour town of Fiskebackskil in Sweden. This would be titled ' Beautiful Toilets in Public Places'. We had spent a few hours visiting the town, and, as you do, we paid a visit to the public toilets before we left. These were the first we had to use in Sweden and I'm not saying you can judge a country by the state of it's toilets but when I walked into mine I was taken aback by the sight of not only how clean it was but also the wallpaper and painting hanging on the walls! I just had take a photo(see photo). I met my wife outside and it was clear that her toilet had been just as nice as mine!
It did make me think about how different it would have been if they had tried that in Britain. I may be wrong, I suspect not, but I don't think a toilet decorated in such a fashion would last 2 hours without some idiot scrawling his name in thick black pen all over the walls.