Plea for ashes not to be scattered at beauty spot
Gardeners are appealing for people not to scatter ashes at a riverside beauty spot near Truro.
The plea comes after volunteers tending to the site at Sunny Corner in Malpas said one of their group had human ashes blown into their mouth by the wind.
They said ashes had been scattered at the site without permission about 15 times over the past seven or eight years.
Chair of the Friends of Sunny Corner group, Paul Caruana, said volunteers found dealing with the human remains "upsetting".
'Very personal'
"We find it's a little bit disrespectful, digging them up," he said.
"They are very personal and are someone's mum, sister, dad or whatever."
"We have to change the soil every so often and so we are very wary about handling them and disposing of them, so it's a bit upsetting for our volunteers to say the least," said Mr Caruana.
"We just hope that people listen to our plea and don't do it," he added.
The land at Sunny Corner is owned by Cornwall Council.
According to the government, there is no explicit law against scattering ashes, as long as the person who owns the land has given permission.
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