OWL’s Christmas Special Litterpick. This year attended by just the three original OWLs! Plus a friendly Masters student who had come to find out what we were all about. Great to meet her and good to get some lovely positive, objective, feedback both about OWL and about our website. She seemed to enjoy being with us and we appreciated her help.
The Safety Briefing first and then off on our well-rehearsed route through the cruising ground, picking up litter on our way to the various Hot Spots and the rubbish sacks we’ve left there to make it easy for guys to dispose of their sexual debris considerately.
It was a good day to be out in the woods!
Nothing like as much litter as we are used to, thankfully. Maybe because there’s a new Epping Forest warden who is litter-picking in that area and certainly because the weather has reduced the amount of activity taking place (but don’t let that put you off – there are plenty of guys still visiting, both daytime, evening and night till late!). Festive headgear was a must!
Not sure what head-banging action must have shaken these off…!
With a lighter load we were able to return to the car park for some excellent festive refreshments. A selection of warm mince pies, mulled wine, hot drinks. What’s not to like?!
Onward for the second half of the litterpicking session and evidence of the variety of activities and customs that take place deep in the woods!
Some areas were still more littered than others, increasing our sack-count considerably.
One of our lowest hauls ever! Just 9 sacksfull – 6 of rubbish and 3 of recylable bottles and cans (well, whatever else is being swallowed by the guys there it isn’t cold drinks at this time of year!)
Hopefully the owner of this Debit card, found on our walk through the woods, has cancelled it. But if they want it back, or want us to cut it up, they can email us at our usual email address: owlsnaresbrook@gmail.com.
That’s it for the OWLs in 2019. Another successful year. In total an amazing 299 sacks of rubbish collected this year. That’s a lot of offensive litter that won’t be drawing negative comments or getting official complaints from other users of the area. And a benefit to the wildlife too!
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