Back to the task in hand for the second month in a row, and although we had some tidying up of where we cleared last month, we were able to move on to ‘pastures’ new (‘pastures’ is probably the least accurate description of the places we cleaned up!). Overall it was an amazingly good litterpicking session with a staggering 19 bags of litter collected overall. We haven’t got a pic of the complete collection of bags as the collection lorry arrived part way through.
As usual our volunteers ensured that as many of the ‘facilities’ as possible were visited in an attempt to get rid of both the sexual debris – which we are especially looking for – as well as the general litter left by a range of users of the area.
The majority of our signs, asking cruisers to take their litter away with them, were in place and are having the desired effect. Many thanks to those guys who, rather than throwing stuff on the ground or in the bushes, take it away with them. After all, there are bins around for stuff that you don’t want to take with you. An OWL volunteer has placed a dustbin along the track and it is well-used; but it is not approved of by the City of London Corporation who manage the Forest, although they tolerate it. OWL believes that there should be more bins, better-placed, like there are at Hampstead Heath.
A welcome refreshment break, then back to work with plenty of litter still to be collected.
Another enjoyable morning together with an excellent amount of litter collected and an appropriate camaraderie between participants.
