HELPING TO CLEAN UP OUR COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE
It's been a busy week doing beach cleans in my spare time with clean ups at Porlock Weir, Bossington Beach, Blue Anchor and Dunster Beach. At Porlock Weir, I collected a sackful of mixed plastics over the space of an hour including lots of fishing line. From there I moved to Bossington Beach where I found lots more plastic but also a large canister containing the remains of 25 litres of paint thinners. I'm pleased to report that when I got it home to test it, there wasn't any sea water in it which is a relief that no contents had leaked out. On the same day, I headed over to Dunster Beach and did a walk along to Blue Anchor and back. The most common I collected was various items of clothing washed up including a cardigan, child's hat, one sock, one glove, three separate flip flops, a tee shirt and the remains of a towel, all which are heavy to carry when soaked in sea water!
Yesterday, I returned to Dunster Beach and headed west to collect beach litter as far as Warren Point and again found plenty including a piece of vintage litter in the form of the remains of a Kia Ora Orange Drink which has obviously been floating around in the sea for a few decades. I also found six golf balls lost from the adjoining golf course and as always, recycled them by passing them on to golfers who are always grateful. Well, I'm having break from litter picking on Exmoor and the West Somerset coastline for couple of weeks while I take a well earned holiday on the Hebridean island of Islay. Of course, I'm taking my litter picking equipment with me and will be spending lots of time exploring everything that Islay has to offer, including the nine (count them) nine distilleries! I'll keep you posted of my adventures.
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