BLUEMOMENT

Only a few steps from the embarkation gangway on Rothesay Pier, Isle of Bute, lies the most impressive surviving late Victorian public convenience in Scotland, if not Britain.

Commissioned by Rothesay Harbour Trust in 1899 during Rothesay’s hey-day as a holiday resort, the gents lavatory, a most unusual survivor of the Victorian era, was always intended to impress.
The interior is magnificient with walls entirely clad in decorative ceramic tiles, ornately patterned in rows. The floors are designed with ceramic mosaic, with the crest of the Royal Burgh of Rothesay at the entance.

Open 7 days a week, the Victorian Toilets are fully functional Public Lavatories. As part of the £300,000 restoration project in the 1990′s there are modern ladies toilets with mother and child facilities, disabled toilets with father and child facilities and ladies & gents showers.

Maybe not the most hygenic but the old wooden toilet seats in there are the most cumffy I have ever had the pleasure of resting my arse on.

You can even ask for Izal Medicated Toilet Tissue for the true authentic experience. The "Adamant Deluge" toilet cistern as a significant flow rate which easily flushes away the mass of shiny, low friction paper, that is needed for effective results.

I have a couple of rolls of Izal medicated stashed away at home, to be brought out if guests stay too long.

I have a couple of rolls of Izal medicated stashed away at home, to be brought out if guests stay too long.

Ahh, yes, bin there & done in that.

I used to be berthed at Rothesay Inner Harbour. The first half hour of every visit to the boat was spent clearing chip papers, fag packet (& stogies) and beer cans/ wine bottles out of the cockpit. genereally managed a half bin bag full.