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- Litter picking with a Labrador!
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Tonight's Pick Walk is Humberston Fitties & Beach.We were running out of time today to get our second walk done, so we o...
10/04/2024

Tonight's Pick Walk is Humberston Fitties & Beach.

We were running out of time today to get our second walk done, so we opted for the beach. It's a high tide and we just about missed its highest point, but still had time to do a little cleanup.

Some people still don't realise, leave only footprints! We found some broken beach toys and part of a kite and string left here. 😞

The newly erected beach fence posts by Frank Sparkes are looking good and have held up well! If you don't know who Frank is, you are missing out on a true Grimsby legend. Civic awards winner Frank is also on Facebook and also does a brilliant job keeping the area clean and tidy. I'll add a link to his page in the comments below so you can check him out if you want to further support his work. He's been doing this for over 25 years!

We hardly got any litter today, but there was hardly any beach so I can't say it's a good comparison. The next beach clean is this upcoming Saturday a little further down from where we started. There should be a lot of washed up stuff to clean up, we've seen just how high the water is!

This afternoons Pick Walk is Nettleton Woods, Market Rasen.We last visited here in October for our Spooktober challenge....
10/04/2024

This afternoons Pick Walk is Nettleton Woods, Market Rasen.

We last visited here in October for our Spooktober challenge. We said how little rubbish there was to be found and admired the tall and beautiful trees!

Unfortunately today was the opposite! Bad weather and soft soil had resulted in LOTS of fallen trees. 😩

We also took a slightly different route towards the caravan park and found an area with some log benches and a tree swing, which obviously was covered in the typical kind of litter and glass. We filled a bag within the first hour and had to lug it the rest of the way around. 💪🥱 (which is the worst thing to do when you start a walk)

Plenty of dog poo bags to be found here, seems like people still can't be trusted to do the right thing. 💩

We also found plenty of 'construction type' plastic bags and packaging, likely from the nearby static caravan park which looks to be expanding soon.

However, the woods was fairly dry compared to other woods. The trees are doing their jobs and it was lovely and quiet out there. It just seems like there were so many fallen trees and active forestry work going on here. I hope it doesn't get any worse out here, I love looking up at the tall tall trees. They truly are gigantic! 🌲

Today's Pick Walk is Humberston Fitties Beach & Tetney Marshes.Last nights incredibly high tide surged across our coast ...
09/04/2024

Today's Pick Walk is Humberston Fitties Beach & Tetney Marshes.

Last nights incredibly high tide surged across our coast and battered the beaches. We headed down this morning to take a look and see what we could find. Tonight's tide is even higher, so we thought we'd grab as much as we can before it potentially gets buried or dragged back out.

Although the beach had a fair bit of washed up litter, it was the Tetney Marshes that surprised us! It had absolutely burst its bank and flooded the footpath with all manner of buried and trapped debris and litter. We even found 2 helium balloons in there! We ended up filling a bag from the beach and another bag just from the marshes. Lesson learned, check the Marshes as well as the beach next time!

We found some old litter on the beach, some from the 90s. We also found a tied up crisp packet which was very well preserved, you can find this on our stories (tap our icon!)

We also bumped into Frank Sparkes (The North Wall Legend) who was assessing the storm damage to some of the fencing by the coast. He and some volunteers have been untangling the mess and getting them put right. It's a hard job but he's got a great attitude and I'm sure they'll get it looking great again in no time.

We also bumped into a lovely lady called Claire who was talking to us about the environment and the wildlife, turns out we used to work together long ago and that was a nice surprise and trip down memory lane. Claire was telling us all about her rescue dog and the volunteer work she does for Greek Animal Rescue Charity. Claire has worked with this charity to help cats & dogs and has really made a difference by seeing first hand what it was like out there and then taking action to help out. Absolutely wonderful to hear and she does an amazing job helping those animals in need. If you are interested to learn more or would like to donate or are looking to adopt, please check the link in the comments below.

Another elderly gentleman saw us and said "It's satisfying isn't it?" (litter picking) and we absolutely agree. It really does help, especially if you have to see it on a constant basis and you take action, you benefit, and the wildlife!

This afternoons Pick Walk is Yarborough Estate, Grimsby.Whilst on another mission today, we filled a bag with cans and b...
08/04/2024

This afternoons Pick Walk is Yarborough Estate, Grimsby.

Whilst on another mission today, we filled a bag with cans and bottles from around the streets and green areas.

Our reward for finding another helium balloon was to then spot a lovely little family of deer who passed us by.

The bins here were full, so we reported it via the NELC Report it portal:

https://www.nelincs.gov.uk/report-it/

We had to leave our bag by the bin with a note on to let them know this was litter picking and not fly tipping. We spotted some other full bins on the way home so we reported those too.

This evenings Pick Walk is Weelsby Woods, Grimsby.Tonight's walk ended with me getting quite upset. A helium balloon hig...
07/04/2024

This evenings Pick Walk is Weelsby Woods, Grimsby.

Tonight's walk ended with me getting quite upset. A helium balloon high up in a tree taunted me for about 30 minutes. I tried everything to get it down but only managed to get most of the foil from the branch. The dangerous bit (the ribbon) is still up there, laughing at me. I may have to return with some tools to get it down. 😠

We found some more vintage litter today, wotsits and double decker. I have a video coming up on my stories to where I found this, it is always surprising how these kind of things continue to evade me.

If you don't like sad news, don't scroll to the last picture. I did share this earlier but still, it's sad.

We put everything in the bin at the end when we were done and went home in a mood.

On the way out, we saw the newly restored Lion statue and it looks really good. That cheered us up.

Another harrowing example why littering is bad!!!
07/04/2024

Another harrowing example why littering is bad!!!

This afternoons Pick Walk is Cleethorpes Country Park.Thanks to a big cleanup operation that we posted about last week, ...
07/04/2024

This afternoons Pick Walk is Cleethorpes Country Park.

Thanks to a big cleanup operation that we posted about last week, this area is looking excellent and is definitely ready for spring. The bright colours in the growing vegetation are no longer crisp and sweet packets, but actual colourful flowers! 💐🌸🌹

We helped to keep on top of the lovely area and collected mainly fresh pieces of litter from around the park.

We spoke to a lovely elderly lady who also takes out a carrier bag to pickup some of the litter as she walks. She told us about a few areas which were bad. One that we just visited and cleared out a lot of glass. The other was a patch of trees and bushes just by the exit. She contacted the council who had came and cleaned it up, and it looks lovely now too. ❤️

The wildlife POV photo came from something I saw do on one of his cleanups. Its a very interesting idea! We see litter as a couple of things that don't impact where we walk, but how would you like it if these bottles and cans were suddenly twice your size and clogging up your walkway? 🤔

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