Q. My sister and I own a popular caravan park which, for 30 years, has given happiness to around a hundred caravan owners a week. Over the past three years, however, our small profit has turned into a loss due to the craze for wet wipes, by which I mean facial cleansing wipes and baby wipes. They block the drains and cost us £7,000 every five months in cesspit rebuilding costs. No amount of pleading to the punters not to put them down the loos has any effect. As a consequence we are going to have to close the park unless, Mary, you can think of a solution?
— Name and address withheld
A. Money talks, so why not catch the punters’ attention by advertising a 10 per cent discount for those caravan owners who will sign a legally binding agreement not to bring the blocking type of wet wipes to the site? These punters must agree to a searching protocol.
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