HELPING TO CLEAN UP OUR COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE
At the weekend, the change in the weather coincided with some high tides which is always good for the sea to throw some plastic back onto our beaches. I saw posts on social media from lots of people who managed to get down to the coast and collect lots of rubbish. I was back at Blue Anchor on Sunday afternoon for a couple of hours to collect what I could find and that was plenty! 23 plastic bottles washed up along with other things including a large tyre inner tube which was full of sea water so I had to make a hole in it and leave it to drain and would pick it up on my walk back. Now that summer is here, another popular thing to find is items of clothing where people have left them below the tide line and gone for a swim only to find when they come out of the water, the tide has washed their clothes away. Towels are a bit of a nightmare as they are so heavy to carry with the weight of salt water on them. I usually have to put all wet clothing in a separate bag to make it easier to carry.
After I finished at Blue Anchor, I decided to drive over to Bossington Beach where I expected to find plenty washed up but I'm sure somebody must have cleaned up already which was great. I still did a 90 minute walk with my bag and collected a few things and on the way back along the beach, a large beach ball washed up which I picked up before the waves could carry it away again.
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