LOCHORE Meadows Country Park's manager has slammed three motorcylists who caused a lot of damage to areas of Fife's biggest public attractions on Tuesday night.

The pictures show some of the damage caused to the park by the riders of a white scrambler motorcycle, accompanied by two smaller orange scramblers.

The grass display area, the verges of the access road and the surfaces of the overflow car parks were all affected as the riders caused deep ruts in areas such as the Mary Pithead which could be the site of a mining heritage project.

Park boss Ian Laing said: "We are obviously concerned that apart from a criminal offence of vandalism there may well be road traffic offences involving documentary situations and driving other than on a road.

"The manner of driving is also a concern and constitutes part of a pathway towards an Anti Social Behaviour Order and the scrapping of the bikes. I know for certain they don’t have permission to be here".

He added: "Speaking directly to those responsible, have you considered for just one second that the park you are damaging for your own gratification is very highly regarded by the 820,000 people who visit it every year. "Many visit every day and generations before them have done the same. It is the place where the local community hold their community events, the gala, pipe band championship and Rockore.

"Other events including Bark in the Park, and galas large and small, come here along with national sporting events and a planned motor show.

"This is a place in use 24 hours a day with parents and grandparents walking with children and dogs. Where people with disabilities and confined to wheelchairs come to find a safe outdoors environment.

"It is where nature thrives, and you seem hell bent on diminishing that which they hold dear and place not only yourselves but other park users in jeopardy.

"It is also a place of employment and much work goes into keeping it to a standard that park users expect. Most of those people are local, and they heard the motorbikes from within their houses last night and knew you were damaging their place of work and the results of their labour. They are rightly incensed this morning".

He added: "You have a responsibility to find another location to ride your bikes and you should do that now before to kill or injure someone.

"The community also has a responsibility to deter this type of behaviour by speaking to these individuals and advise them regarding their behaviour and, if that is unsuccessful, to report them to Police Scotland.

"It is a public country park and this is a community concern".

It will cost a considerable amount of money to repair the damage caused.