Our first OWL Litterpick of 2023 (by the way, OWL stands for OUT With Litter!).
Only the two OWL volunteers today – work commitments and illness had meant others couldn’t attend.
Not the best day to be litterpicking due to the rain. But it could have been worse and in any case, if we say there will be a litterpick on a particular day then we’ll be there, rain or shine!
There’s often a ‘theme’ that runs through the litter we collect. Today’s was ‘coffee cups’. Loads of them. Ronald and his friends must have been doing really well over the Festive Season.
Despite there being only two of us, we are experienced litterpickers, know what to do and where to go.
So, despite the rain we just got on with it (the way you do!). Damp tissues made our sacks much heavier than usual (and heavy sacks need to be unloaded regularly!). Working efficiently meant that we managed to cover the entirety of the woods – emptying sacks stapled to trees, the bin and litter chucked on the ground and in the bushes – before stopping for our refreshment break.
After which it was just a matter of tying the sacks up and putting them by the road for collection by our friends the Forest Wardens.
Just three sacksful collected today.
But our solo litterpickers have been out and about since our December litterpick (thanx!), meaning that in the last month a total of SIXTEEN sacksful of litter have been collected.
Please note, we respect everyone’s right to anonymity and only show pics of those willing to have them posted. No inferences should be drawn from anyone’s participation in an OWL litterpicking session)