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'Insulting' maps of Loch Lomond axed

Thursday 10 March 2011 01:00 GMT
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Loch Lomond locals have forced park authorities to destroy copies of a new navigational chart.

Staff at the National Park named landmarks after themselves and are accused of also using offensive names such as "Giro Bay". A spokeswoman for the park said that naming was a map-making tradition but in this instance it was inappropriate.

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