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Several OWL volunteers have been undertaking the task of emptying our ‘permanent’ rubbish sacks, and the litter bin, on a weekly basis. Today’s session was one of our regular ‘monthly’ sessions where we undertake a more thorough clean-up of the entire cruising ground.

Several of our regulars couldn’t make it so it was good to welcome a new volunteer who soon got used to the job in hand.

First stop for our litterpicking, the nude sunbathing area. By doing that area first we potentially disturb fewer sunbathers. This was the case with only two there when we called by, but fifteen there later in the day.

Then two teams to range across different locations, picking up all litter on the way and emptying the various bags we’ve left in many of the ‘hot spots’. 

There was plenty to keep us busy and the results speak for themselves,

On a hot day an even greater need to stop for a break and some welcome refreshments.

Then back for more. It’s sometimes surprising what we find.

Clearly someone needed to use two hands

Then, having covered practically the entire cruising ground, the stapling of the bags and the display at the roadside.

Today’s haul – 14 sacks of recyclable and 14 sacks of general rubbish. If we add on the sacks collected by individual volunteers since our last work party that gives a total for this month of 66 sacks of rubbish.

We are grateful to those who dispose of their litter considerately – using the black sacks in the ‘hot spots’ and the bin. We’d be even more grateful if those who bring full cans and bottles of drink could take them away empty, not leave us to do so.

 (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)

Another month had passed since our July Litterpick. In the intervening weeks one or two volunteers had emptied the various sacks we’ve left around. That’s meant that in most cases the sacks have been saved from overflowing. And there has been even more regular emptying of the OWL litter bin.

Our regular monthly OWL litterpicks are when we aim to not only empty all of the rubbish sacks but also to clear up the rest of the rubbish that gets left around and thrown around. (If people can take full bottles and cans to the woods, why can’t they take their empties away with them?! Answers  on a postcard.)

First stop, the nude sunbathing area. What did we say about bags not overflowing? This one was getting close!

Down to work emptying the bag

Then some bag-replacement which will hopefully provide enough capacity that the three bags don’t start overflowing before we can get back to them.

It’s funny what we find in the woods while clearing up the hot spots. It’s usually condoms, condom foils, lube sachets and wipes. Occasional bottles of poppers, maybe a vinyl glove. We weren’t sure what activity had been going on here; obviously some education of some sort!

But flicking through the book some of us understood why we’d got a liking for cruising – our early years were possibly informed by it having something to do with being in the woods and playing with balls!

Onward, and the collection was certainly growing. Nevertheless, good to see the rubbish sacks being so well used.

OWL volunteers clear litter from everywhere they can find it. Along the tracks

and in the hot spots.

Back to base to dump our first loads (and there’s a lot of dumping of loads in these woods!) and time for a well-earned break.

Then back for another trawl through different areas to ensure that we’d collected all we could. And another interesting find. We’ve seen guys cruising on bikes and electric scooters. This chap must have started young!

Then the preparation of the bags ready for collection. The totals: Fifteen sacks of general rubbish. Seventeen sacks of recyclables, a child’s bike and a traffic cone. Add that to the thirty-five sacks collected since our last Tuesday litterpick. That’s an amazing SIXTY SEVEN sacks of rubbish in a month.

Big thanks to our OWL volunteers.

(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)

We knew we were going to be short of volunteers for this litterpick – guys working, returning to work, on holiday, not available. And we knew the weather forecast wasn’t good – in fact it was forecast to be dreadful.

Nevertheless, we had four lovely volunteers, all prepared to get stuck in with the task in hand. So off we headed.

We are so used to this by now that it comes naturally. We just get on with it. Here’s what we sometimes find in a hot spot – tissues, condom foils and lube sachets strewn around on the ground.

But more and more we find that our rubbish sacks are being used well and there are some pleasant hot spots, just right for a horny adventure.

We are pretty comprehensive in the territory we cover. By now, after years of OWLs having picked up sexual debris in the cruising areas, we reckon we know practically every place that gets used.

Conveniently the point just before which our bags are too heavy to carry back coincides with a refreshment break!

During the last few litterpicks, as well as the usual sorting of non-recyclable and recyclable litter, we’ve separated-out drinks cans which are destined to be melted down

and used to make artwork which has been stimulated by themes in the woods.

More litter to be picked up after our break

With some heading off in other directions

And then finally the stapling and placing of the bags onto the roadside

Thirteen sacks of non-recycling and eleven of recycling today. Some of our volunteers have been litterpicking on an ad hoc basis since our June litterpick, and we’ve also been emptying the rubbish sacks once a week. So, in total, since our last litterpick, we’ve collected 52 sacks of non-recycling and 44 of recycling. Not a bad haul!

Thanks again to our lovely volunteers.

The sun was shining. Seven willing volunteers turned up ready to get to work. And best of all, although there was plenty of litter to pick up, the majority of it was in bins and bags, with much less (which doesn’t mean none!) strewn around the place.

So a big THANK YOU to the increasing number of guys who are choosing to dispose of their litter – and especially sexual debris – considerately. Thanks, too, to those who have said that they’ve enjoyed reading items on this website and appreciate what we are doing. Not all is good, though, and we agree with one poster on Squirt who posted:

“it disgusts me seeing shit covered condoms hanging off branches etc that ordinary people and their offspring can see. No excuse for it”

OWL wants horny cruising to continue uninterrupted and pissing off other legitimate users of the area by leaving offensive rubbish around doesn’t help our cause. Which is why we aim to clean the area up on a regular basis.

Initial briefing over we were soon off to work. Two groups, one heading to the Nude Sunbathing Area where we knew there had been plenty of use and where we found plenty of litter to collect. With all the litter being in one place, our permanent litter sack there having been filled to overflowing, the task was fairly straightforward.

Meanwhile our other team were working nearer to the car park; but with a somewhat different haul. Those of us who visit on other occasions had noticed that that chair had moved around the woods for a while, having been creatively used for some interesting activity. But by now it was probably past its best.

Lots of work being done and lots of litter being collected. So, time for a break and some refreshments. And, naturally, conversation about the removal of a swarm of bees last week (it’s here!)

Then back to more of the same but in different places. The holly bushes round the place we call The Gymn have been cut back so there is no longer any private action in that Hot Spot, but The Leisure Centre still gets a lot of healthy, horny, use. It’s a shame that the users there aren’t as careful with their litter as others are elsewhere.

Our lovely volunteers having strayed far and wide in the woods to collect litter, it was finally back to base and time for the stapling up of the sacks and the count of our total haul.

Thirty six sacks of general rubbish (including lots of used condoms, condom foils, lube sachets and wipes), seven sacks of aluminium cans (to be recycled into some artwork), a chair and a tyre.

Not a bad haul for a morning’s work. Well done to all.

We’ll be back next month on July 6th. Everyone is welcome to join us. We are an informal, friendly group. Not only do we provide all the necessary equipment, there’s also free refreshments and of course, whereas other car park users would be paying £4 to park in the car park, our volunteers get free parking.