Not sure about the green merits of my grandpa’s Donegal forest bog… and loo knew that mountain toilets could be such a lav?
But whoever you are and wherever you live the advice holds true to never pass a piss.
Which is wisdom that had one fellow traveller almost peeing his pants on our trek around Interlaken in Switzerland.
And you never know what you’ll find in an Alpine bathroom up in the clouds, as we discovered in Austria.
Of course, the natural response to being caught short up where it’s long is to use the Great Outdoors.
But then we’re not animals.
Although who knows where eagles, mooses and even shape-shifting trolls go when we’re not there?
Loos With A View
Our friends in the Norwegian fjords do though.
And I’m sure it was a troll turned stone who held up my passage to the nearest loo in the Bergen woods on our MSC cruise.
Norwegians have turned loos into a win.
With their Loos With A View promotions on their off-the-beaten track scenic routes.
And encourage us to take the rest stop at Utsikten on the Gaularfjellet route.
From the outside, it looks like a modernist sculpture – clean lines, concrete and glass.
And from the inside, it frames the valley.
Or head to Liasanden on the Sognefjellet route, where curved steel panels echo the flow of the nearby river.
In Selvika, just off the Atlantic Road, the restroom is embedded in the rocky coastline.
Next to a winding path that leads straight to the ocean.
All of which we can enjoy at our own leisure through the country’s advanced roads.
Electric dreams
With one of the world’s most advanced charging infrastructures, even in its most remote corners.
You can charge your car at scenic viewpoints, remote rest areas.
Or while enjoying a local meal in a small fjord-side village.
And the electric ferries, such as those crossing the Sognefjord or Hjørundfjord.
Yes, who knew, and also loo knew that mountain toilets could be such a lav?