Collect your stuff at Ben Nevis

A nationwide appeal has been launched for people to reclaim memorials which have been left on the summit of Ben Nevis, the UK's highest mountain. The Nevis Partnership, which manages the 4,400 feet high mountain, claims that the proliferation of around 50 monuments on the plateau at the top of the mountain have become visually intrusive and an eyesore. The memorials range from works of art to monumental stones and plaques commemorating loved ones - and even pets that have passed away. The mountain authority hopes that many will be claimed as a result of their appeal. Any unclaimed will be stored for five years before they are finally disposed of. Only the Peace Cairn, erected on VJ Day in 1945 by youth organisations from Fort William and Dudley in the West Midlands, will remain. It is also planned to create one collective memorial in Glen Nevis plus an online virtual book of remembrance via the Nevis Partnership web site, from the end of August.