With our crack team ready for action this was bound to be an efficient and effective litterpicking session where we would move throughout the cruising area, picking up as much litter as we could find, and in particular concentrating on the hotspots to remove the inevitable condoms, condom foils, lube sachets, wipes etc.
But early on in our travels we found an empty wallet. We couldn’t help thinking that this might have been the result of some pickpocketing. Generally cruising at Snaresbrook is a safe experience – but it’s always wise to be careful and leave valuables safely locked away in the car.
If it’s yours and you want it back let us know
It was good to see that more and more guys are taking their litter away – there was, again, much less than we would usually expect. Thanks guys! Some hotspots are obviously used by those who don’t care about litter and ‘The Gym’ (featured in several previous reports) is one. There’s a lot of activity there.
before
after
With each of our skilled volunteers taking on different areas we could make fast progress. We sometimes find some unusual objects during our litterpicking…..
Just put your lips round this and blow!
The rate at which our volunteers work is always impressive and it wasn’t long before we were ready for our refreshment break. We are always happy to welcome anyone cruising in the woods, but we got no takers. Pity!
Refreshments – always welcome
In the hope that rather than chucking their sexual debris on the ground guys will put it in a rubbish sack we’ve left sacks in a few places. And we routinely empty those sacks. Some have been very well used. Others have become rubbish themselves!
The idea is to put rubbish in the sack, not make the sack the rubbish.
The litterpickers we use are ideal in most circumstances – but as we all know, having an extra long one has its benefits.
“I could do with a long one over here, guys” was possibly misinterpreted by some!
We worked on, ensuring that we collected all the rubbish we could see – whether that was sexual debris, or paper, bottles, cans, etc..
All good things must come to an end (well, for this litterpick at least) and eventually our sacks were displayed for all to see. A total of 17 sacks – an impressive load!
Well done guys!!
We’d planned that this would be our last litterpick of the year, but due to popular demand we’ve arranged an extra ‘Christmas’ litterpick for 12th December. Christmas hats, mulled wine and mince pies – what’s not to like?!
(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)