An additional Sunday morning litterpick, suggested by those who couldn’t be free for our monthly Tuesday morning litterpicks. It was good to get a response from those who could join in a weekend session.
A lovely bright sunny morning and we were soon ‘good to go’. We were pleased to be joined by our friendly Forest Ranger. Unlike the perception that might be a result of attitudes of some of his colleagues, he is totally ok about what goes on in the woods. No attitude, good to be with, and an extra benefit being that he is a bit of a hunk!
Again, it seemed that there was less litter than we are used to collecting – hopefully more guys are using the bins or taking their litter away with them. While our main team was dealing with the area of the woods to the west of the car park another volunteer was doing an excellent job across the road in the area in front of the school.
Nevertheless, some of the hotspots showed considerable use, judging by the amount of sexual debris left there (is it that difficult to take it away?!). The Gym was disgusting. The Dirty Den was pretty foul. But Honeysuckle Corner was fragrant!
The refreshments were more than ample. We are happy for non-litterpickers to join us when we have a break. We believe we are a welcoming group and there’s usually some friendly banter.
Some of the rubbish sacks were collected and taken away before we finished, but we reckon our ‘bag score’ was good, with 20 sacks of rubbish having been collected.
Some good news again – since OWL has been doing the litterpicks there have been no complaints to the City of London Corporation from members of the public about litter!
(please note, we respect everyone’s right to anonymity and only show pics of those willing to have them posted)