The eighth Spring Litter Hunt since the Natland Parish Plan of 2004 proposed its re-introduction took place on Saturday 23 March 2013. The weather was overcast but dry after Friday’s sleet, but with temperatures ranging from 1.5°C in Natland to zero on The Helm, chilled further by wind gusting to gale force, it was not a day for the faint-hearted. Yet it came as a considerable relief compared with the forecasted white-out which would have entailed cancelling the operation.
Helped by some prudent picking in the preceding days, all the targeted roads and footpaths were cleared of litter (for the time being, at least). Despite the conditions, there were 25 volunteers in all compared with 18 in 2012, 26 in 2011 and 32 in 2010 – mostly the regulars but some new, younger faces. A TV, tent and two sleeping bags lent some variety to the usual collection of bottles, drink cans and fast food containers.
Thanks go again to SLDC for providing equipment and taking the bags to tip, and to the public-spirited volunteers who were: Malcolm Beaty, Kirsten Cannon, John Chandler, John Covill, Jean Dobson, Midge Fairhurst, Andrew Gill, Marly Hunter, Stephen Hitchcock, Audrey Howe, John Inglesfield, Elspeth Jayne, Margaret Lancaster, Alan Paley, Rhian and David Peters, Adele and Louise Rennard, John Ritchie, Sarah Roberts, Ralph Rogerson, Don Shore, Guy Weller, Mike Winterbottom and Andrew Whittaker. Well done all of you!
David Peters
Chair of Natland Parish Council
Helped by some prudent picking in the preceding days, all the targeted roads and footpaths were cleared of litter (for the time being, at least). Despite the conditions, there were 25 volunteers in all compared with 18 in 2012, 26 in 2011 and 32 in 2010 – mostly the regulars but some new, younger faces. A TV, tent and two sleeping bags lent some variety to the usual collection of bottles, drink cans and fast food containers.
Thanks go again to SLDC for providing equipment and taking the bags to tip, and to the public-spirited volunteers who were: Malcolm Beaty, Kirsten Cannon, John Chandler, John Covill, Jean Dobson, Midge Fairhurst, Andrew Gill, Marly Hunter, Stephen Hitchcock, Audrey Howe, John Inglesfield, Elspeth Jayne, Margaret Lancaster, Alan Paley, Rhian and David Peters, Adele and Louise Rennard, John Ritchie, Sarah Roberts, Ralph Rogerson, Don Shore, Guy Weller, Mike Winterbottom and Andrew Whittaker. Well done all of you!
David Peters
Chair of Natland Parish Council