Praise be to the litter gods, for we received a bountiful harvest last night! The rubbish was practically growing on trees – or at least dumped there.

Karin and I headed out to the canal towpath with our litter-picks and a couple of bags, which we filled with cans, bottles and cigarette packets within an hour. It seemed like every shrub, tree and hedge was heavy with the fruits of the litter-drop.

There's clearly still a lot of rubbish around as we plunge into autumn, so we'll do as much as we can before the clocks change and evening missions get trickier.