A bumper crowd from GoodGym Stockport came out to clear a sandy area close to the Waterside Hotel - henceforth known as a "beach" - of litter and discarded waste that has accumulated from the river and from passers by or fly-tippers.

Ian and Liam from Venture Out were very happy to have a group to collect as much as possible, providing bags and litter pickers, with the bags supplemented from our own steady supply during the Great British Spring Clean.

Meera, Laura, and Ben made the ~3 km run from Life Leisure Cheadle, to be joined by Hannah by bike and Julie in the Waterside Hotel car park. Once we had located the Venture Out vans, we made our way out to the Mersey shore to get cracking.

Amongst the sand was a whole array of items, including:

• shoes (lots and lots of discarded shoes)
• crisp packets
• cans and bottles
• clothing (coats, fleeces, jackets)
• cones and tyres (too big for the bags but we put them in a single pile anyway)
• trolleys
• beer kegs
• 4 or 5 car registration plates plus other parts of cars such as bumpers

We collected easily 15-20 full refuse sacks that we then had to lug back to the van to drop in their final location next to a public bin to be reported to Keep MCR Tidy for collection by the roaming council collections vans during the working week.

Great way to spend the first Tuesday in the setting sun with the clock change allowing extra light until nearly 8pm! Great to see you all and we'll be back with Venture Out in 3 weeks to get into the water to help clear the area near Burnage Rugby Club.