Friday 17 January 2020

My Christmas present in action

Yes I did ask for this specifically. I do a lot of walking and am quite ofter angered by litter in the hedgerow. It seems worse in the country lanes as there are some $hitbags who decide to just toss anything out of their car windows....

So on my 'Village walk' a nice 2 miler out of the little hamlet where I live through the local village and back up the lane that literally clings to the side of the valley.

On the test run this was my collection...


Yes I got a litter picker for Christmas. The bottles and cans went into the recyling everything else went into the bin.

I'll do the canal walk (in the valley... along the Caldon canal then back out via the woods ) I know there is a pile there waiting for me as I have past what is obviously a boater dump - aaargh !!

I also got the circular bag holder for black bags for bigger litter picks. On one of the walks at Shebdon there is a lot of lane side litter that I'll collect next time we are aboard.

I have an old bathroom cabinet and a car parcel shelf that someone fly tipped on the back lane that we recovered and the cabinet I'll reuse in my workshop for washing power for the old washing machine I use for rags and overalls and the parcel shelf will go to the tip on my next run. Gotta do you bit as the litterers are all around us seemingly....

2 comments:

Lesley K said...

Well done you. Like you I loath litter and I don’t feel much warmer for the arses that do it...

Andy said...

I have one of those instruments too, as well as picking up litter it can reach all those things that I drop down the engine hole.