In stark contrast to a session earlier in the year, walking across the Green to the fountain there was no snow, just bright sunshine and already rising temperatures. The good weather was further confirmed with half a dozen bees busily collecting nectar at the bright blue(ish?) flowers next to the fountain!

While Dan organised the gathering crew, the lovely Neeta from Clean Up UK joined us as well, bringing an assortment of useful tools to help with the task. The usual litter pickers were very welcome, as were the rings to keep the bags open!

Roaming around the green, it soon turned out that there was more rubbish than it initially seemed - loads of little bits & pieces hiding in the dry grass. But Dan's usual bugbear resulted in a bag full of bottles & cans etc so there was still an impressive collection of bags at the end. It was a bit sad to see the patch of scorched grass/earth where some careless people had a little public bbq... with grass this dry, who knows what could have happened!

Enjoying some refreshing water kindly brought by Neeta future plans were discussed, from the next litter session in early September to possibly an eco-speed-dating session at a festival next year (??)... watch this space!