Tidying up a car park

Good evening.

It's been an odd weather sort of day. Doesn't seem to know what it's going to do. Sunny, warm, windy, cold, and cloudy, it changes by the minute. I can see the clouds scooting across the sky right now this minute. 

I waited for the rain to stop this morning, then I went out to do a bit of litter picking. There is a small car park close to a long distance path, the Trent Valley Way. It has two names actually. Also known as the Nev Cole Way. 

I haven't checked this for a while. I drove there because if there is a lot of litter I'm going to need my trolley. Good idea, There was plenty to fill a red bag. There are two piles of fly tipping, I'm not going to touch them. First I pull out all the litter which is partially buried in the tall grass and weeds. 

There is a bin but it is overflowing. I will have to get everything out of there. 

It took a while, about two hours. I took my shears and secateurs with me so I could chop down the weeds around the bin. That's better. A few ramblers walked past and stopped to chat. 

Everything loaded back into the car. I dropped the bag off next to the litter bin in the village. Hopefully people will notice that someone is making an effort to keep the countryside tidy. It might make them think twice before throwing their litter down. 

After a late lunch I took Billy Dog for a walk. 

Time to get the hedgehog food out now. There has been four coming every night just lately. 

I shall be chucking out some extra posts in the next few days. 

Thanks for popping in. Enjoy your Sunday. Toodle pip.   ilona