Yobs deface Gleno beauty spot with senseless graffiti

Owner of Climb NI, Mark Robinson, who holds a licence from the National Trust to run adventure activities such as canyoning at Gleno waterfall, was alerted to the damage after concerned residents posted pictures on the Larne Through a Lens Facebook page.

Arriving at the scene, Mark was confronted by three large pieces of graffiti on the bridge and stones beside the park’s picturesque waterfall, which draws many visitors throughout the year.

“I have had the licence for the park for almost a year and we have never had a problem like this with graffiti before,” Mark told the Times.

“It’s a disrespectful act. They seemed to have used spray paint to create a “tag” that they could be identified by. Incidents like this create negative publicity for the forest, and they did it in the worst place possible, beside the waterfall, where people stand for pictures.”

After the discovery, Mark purchased cleaning materials to erase the damage.

“I think the graffiti was done on Sunday and I went down on Tuesday to try to get it off,” he continued.