Today’s work party was an ‘extra’, planned to deal with what we knew would be additional amounts of general rubbish and sexual debris resulting from increased activity during the better weather.
Just a select three of us – one of our regulars couldn’t make it – but nevertheless, despite the hot sun, good progress was made.
Breaking with tradition, and being strict with ourselves on the way about not being distracted by obvious rubbish, we headed straight to the naked sun bathing area. We always aim to cause the minimum disruption to whatever else is going on and getting there early meant that there would be fewer sunbathers than later on. And that was the case. Whilst there was plenty for us to do nearby, the naked sunbathing area itself is probably the area where there is practically no litter no the ground and its all in the rubbish sack we leave there.
One benefit of an OWL litterpicking session is that sometimes we get to see some nice sights and today at the naked sunbathing section was no exception. Plus, not only was it good to see some lovely naked bodies, our joy was made greater by being thanked for what we were doing. OWL was known about!
As usual there was plenty to do and it wasn’t long before our sacks were full to overflowing.
Just time on the route back to the car park to call by a few other areas that needed attention. We’ve noticed that as time goes by there is usually less litter on the ground in the ‘hotspots’ than we would otherwise expect and more and more litter in the rubbish sacks we’ve left around.
Then a long carry of full sacks back to the car park which, of course, means time for some refreshments; the energy intake being needed for the second part of this litterpicking session.
As usual some swapping of stories and an interest in each other’s lives.
Then off for more, with two heading in one direction – to deal with The Mound and surrounding areas, and one heading off towards Eagle Pond. Both found plenty to do.
And the final bag-count?
Thirteen bags of general rubbish and ten of recyclables. That’s another success.
(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)