Val and Judy walked a stretch of the small Ham brook, across little wooden bridges, crossing the railway tracks by looking left & right, and passing new housing developments.

We jumped into ditches and stretched to reach litter caught in brambles. After just 45 minutes, there was a full black sack, a full purple bucket and we'd collected bags for life & a bucket for use at future litter picks.

There is plenty more in tributary streams and ditches for future sessions.

I joined the Southbourne Environment Group to weed, litter-pick and prune the beds outside Tesco Express.

The insect-friendly plants are looking great and they are certainly enjoying our wet & warm July!