Melissa Kite Melissa Kite

The National Trust delinquents strike again

A man in his sixties urinated on the busy village green in full view of dozens of playing children

[Keith Douglas / Alamy Stock Photo] 
issue 03 July 2021

The woman sat alone and stony-faced in the passenger seat of the car as it blocked the road. She was wearing a mask, but I could see that she wore the blankly determined expression of someone who thought they had every right to stop where they liked. Sure enough, the National Trust sticker was on the windscreen.

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