It was good to be able to welcome two new OWLs to today’s OWL litterpick. They soon adopted the essential skills of litterpicking, showing impressive understanding and a determination to do the job well.
Safety briefing first, then off to work we go. Two teams heading off to deal with different areas of the cruising ground.
Someone had removed our black sacks from the Nude Sunbathing Area and rodents had been chewing at another of our black sacks. Replacements were needed.
There’s always plenty of litter to collect – although thankfully much of it was in our black sacks. Not in this area, though, which has clearly seen plenty of action. Much better once cleaned up.
With so much hard work being done it was only fair to take a break for refreshments. Which, like today, generally involve a friendly chat and some interesting information being shared.
Then off to do more of the same but in different places. Some were interested to discover how much territory this cruising ground covers. It’s extensive.
With several hours of hard work being put in, and with the majority of the area having been covered, time to return to base and place our haul ready for collection. The equivalent of 20 of our regular-size sacks of rubbish today.
And our solo litterpickers have been busy in the last month, out on their own, collecting litter and emptying sacks and bins so that they didn’t overflow. Huge thanks to them for the valuable work they have done. Between them they’ve collected about 48 sacks of litter.
Giving a grand total for this month of 68 sacks of litter. Not surprising for the month of August – but so much could so easily have been taken away rather then relying on the OWLs to remove it.
A note for regular OWL Litterpick attendees. Our October litterpick is, as usual, on the first Tuesday of the month – 4th October. The November Litterpick will be on 8th November (NOT the first Tuesday) with our Christmas Special Litterpick on 6th December.
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