A bit extra on the side! The senior OWLs decided to add an extra litterpicking session, before the regular session next Tuesday, 8th October.
We’d spotted a considerable amount of litter on a previous litterpick in an area that used to be heavily used for cruising many years ago but which we thought had gone out of fashion. Not so it seemed. It was being used, and used well. Possibly a better maze of narrow paths than elsewhere; an opportunity to explore and find just who you are looking for among them; and plenty of places to head to for some more intimate exploration.
With special permission given to gain access to our starting point, along the Lido Road, it was a prompt start, which we needed as the weather forecast was pretty dire.
Making our way round paths that were new to some, and which brought back happy memories of the past to others, our litterpicking soon bore fruit and our sacks started filling.
And it started to rain. Well, actually it chucked it down. But we were prepared and it was possibly more sheltered in the woods than elsewhere.
It was clear to us that this area is still well-used (although we couldn’t make out where people parked to use it; is it a pedestrian facility?)
A break for refreshments and to restock with rubbish sacks.
And then back for more. A few ‘camps’ we found would have taken much of a full litterpick just to clear each of them so we had to leave them.
Nevertheless, we’d had a good session for just three volunteers and managed to collect 18 sacks of mixed rubbish which we could leave, by previous agreement, for collection by our good friends working for the City of London, Epping Forest.
Another successful session.
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