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Bridleway clear up - Hay Lane, Kempston Rural

18 meadway,Harrold,Bedford,Mk437dr

21 Mar 2018

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I cleared the entranceway and a bridleway path today at the top of Hay Lane in Kempston Rural. In just a short distance I had filled a full sack of litter and also found 5 wine bottles! During a lovely horse-ride on a sunny day yesterday in Kempston Rural, I came across litter which had been dropped along the bridleway, and litter left by motorists who had used the entranceway to park up for a snack. I figured I would return the following day equipped to clear this up and that it would only take me 10 minutes or so. In reality it took me more that half and hour, as no sooner had I started I found much more hidden litter than I had previously anticipated! Strangest find: Used Pregnancy Test!! Worst find: Filled dog poo bag (and I was going to have to transport home in my car). Trash Treasure?: Not this time I'm afraid! Best Bit: Meeting a local resident and dog walker who said that she lived along the lane, and said that I had inspired her to do some litter picking too!.

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New year 2020 litterpick

Meet at Harrold Country Park in car park near to cafe. 1pm. Clearing litter from here overHarrold Bridge and onto Pavenham Road as far as bridleway on right hand side. Return to Harrold country park. ...

The Turvey Road Re-do!

Covering the Turvey Rd Event meet at Carlton usual place 1.30pm for no more than 2 hours duration. Six litter pickers tackled the Turvey Road yesterday for which we had lovely cool weather just right ...

Forty Foot Lane

Clearing litter from Forty Foot Lane byway. Meet 1pm car park to byway off Dungee Road, Odell. Seven volunteers cleared heaps of accumulated litter from the byway car park and the Byway itself. It ...

Turvey Road litter pick

Meet 1pm by Carlton war memorial garden. 2 hour event clearing litter from Turvey Road. Equipment provided. If interested please email the event coordinator Renee Allen in advance. Lovely spring like...

New Year Litter Pick

The next litter pick will be held from mid to late January depending on weather and members' availability. The Turvey Road and School Lane in Carlton are the likely areas to be litter picked. Will ...

A Rambling litter pick

1pm meeting in Harrold Country Park car park area, Harrold. A 3.5 mile circular walk picking any litter along the way. Attended by 5 members, walking through Country Park, up the bridleway behind The...

CPRE bottle deposit scheme support pick

1.30pm meeting in Carlton village (exact location in village to be confirmed). An Approx. Two hour litter picking event clearing along one of the rural roads our from this village. Collected litter wi...

The Booze Run clearup

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Dungee Road cleanup

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Meet at 1.45pm war memorial gardens in Carlton. Event to last approx. 1.5 to 2 hours. Litter to be collected from verges and hedgerows along this road, starting from Carlton and returning in opposite...

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