How ironic that after days of hot weather it was pouring down with rain as we met for today’s litterpick. But we say that our work parties will go ahead whatever the weather. And that’s just what happened today.
A quick Health and Safety Briefing – don’t stretch so far into the undergrowth that you get injured by anything; ensure that sharps (= syringes) are placed inside bottles or cans so that they can’t cause any injuries. In retrospect we should probably also have mentioned not to go through long grass or other vegetation if wearing shorts and to remember to apply mozzie spray!
Then we were off to deal with all areas of the cruising ground.
We reckon we know most of the places where litter, especially sexual debris, is to be found.
And of course our black sacks generally need emptying. We weren’t quite sure what the relevance of this was…
The weather improved. The bags got heavier. And eventually we returned to base for some welcome refreshments. Another jolly crowd.
Some catching up and some banter and then it was time to put the sacks at the side of the road for collection tomorrow.
Today’s haul: 16 of our standard-sized rubbish sacks. With a further 15 sacks collected by our ‘solo’ litterpickers that’s a total of 31 sacks this month. Good work!
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No inferences should be drawn from anyone’s participation in an OWL litterpicking session.