Our first OWL litterpick of 2025. With the Habitat Restoration Project having done its nasty work there were less areas to visit, but nevertheless there’s still plenty of cruising going on in the areas that are left. Which is very good news. The bad news is that guys are still leaving lots of litter around. Which means that there’s a greater likelihood of complaints. Complaints can lead to ‘enforcement’.
But we OWLs are a positive, can do, group who value the opportunities that a good cruising area can offer. So, as usual, after a brief visit from an OWL generous enough to bring some refreshments, we set off cheerfully to clear the cruising area of sexual debris and other litter. Sometimes we litterpick alone. Often we work in twos and threes. Today we had four of us litterpicking. Two teams of two.
Although fewer areas to visit, there were still plenty of the cruising areas to cover.
We took the opportunity to instal a number of rubbish sacks in ‘hot spots’ – nooks and crannies where guys go for some horny action. Hopefully these will be used for used condoms, sachets and wipes. And hopefully the twat(s) who has slashed and burned the sacks in the past, leaving piles of litter below where the sacks had been, will have got a life by now.
A bit chilly, so we earned our warm mid-session refreshments. Our very kind OWL who couldn’t stay for the litterpick had dropped off some delicious, freshly-baked, sausage and vegetarian rolls. They went down well with hot drinks and other sweet goodies.
On to the other side of the car park after our break – the area between the car park and Eagle Pond where there’s plenty of vegetation to cruise in. Between us we collected quite a lot of litter there including the inevitable used condoms, condom and lube sachets and wipes. But at least it proved that there’s been some action there.
Then back to base to tie up the bags and place them at the roadside for collection by the Forest Warden refuse truck which calls by every day.
Today’s haul: the equivalent of 17 of our standard-size sacks. Added to the 24 equivalents collected by our three ‘solo’ litterpickers making a total of 41 sacks-worth.
Another good haul.
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