HELPING TO CLEAN UP OUR COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE
With the lighter mornings here, it's good to be up and out early (weather permitting) and walk 7 miles to the shop via Blue Anchor for a walk along the beach to Minehead. During April, I managed to walk on 18 days which equates to 126 miles of which 5 miles along the beach totals 90 miles. I always take my litter picker and bags to pick up anything I see along the lanes and bin it at Blue Anchor before starting my beach clean to Minehead along the tide line. There were some days where it was lots of smaller pieces of plastic whereas other days when the sea was choppy, lots of larger items washed up including the remains of a plastic dog bed one morning! I decided I should start counting the pieces of plastic as I go along to make it easier to record. The total for April was 3892 pieces of plastic larger than 1cm but smaller than 30cm. Remains of plastic cups continues to be the most common item I find. However, now the holiday season is here, I'm finding increasing amounts of clothing and beach toys. The toys which are complete will be placed in The Beach Toy Library out the Beach Hotel in Minehead where anyone is welcome to borrow anything free of charge!
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