Oban shores full of rubbish after the storms

Following the first big storm of 2012 to hit Oban,
I ventured out along the Esplanade.  This is what I found.
Do let's try to keep packaging – and plastics – to an absolute minimum. 

A plea by Keep Scotland Tidy as seen on one of the big litter bins near the Columba Hotel

Glorious Oban Bay...

Not so glorious when you look close...

 Oban's Esplanade pavement all but impassable to pedestrians

The derelict fishing vessel completely destroyed

Swans sitting on the beach in the "Wee Oban Bay", amid litter that's been there for weeks, not just since the latest storm on 3Jan2012!

In the usual places, the rubbish eddies along with the bladderwrack