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Windmill field litter pick

Pitstone & Ivinghoe,LU7 9FG

12 Sep 2019

23:00

To undertake a litter pick of all the paths within the windmill field to include the path adjacent to the Pitstone allotments and also the windmill car park on the B488 Upper Icknield Way. 9am start. What a really nice day to be out there in such gorgeous surroundings. It took 3 hours to cover all the tracks around the field and also the car park too. My tracker recorded 5 miles worth of walking as I had to retrace my steps a few times. The car park was really bad with loads of cans and bottles. Strong smell of pee, lots of cigarette ends and two bags of dog poo. Overall, 2 bags of general waste, 1 of recyclables and I filled a carrier bag with 33 bags of dog poo, all disposed of in the red bin by Marsworth Road. I have let the National Trust know about a car tyre dumped in the car park..

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B488 recyclables dash

There has been quite a lot of discarded cans and bottles appearing on the verges which were only cleared recently. As time is limited tomorrow, the plan is to start at Westfield Rd roundabout and head...

B488 day 2

Picking along the B488, starting at Vicarage Road and heading towards Stocks Rd. If time permits, we'll carry on along towards the windmill car park. Nine more bags filled today. A huge haul from the ...

B488

Revisiting B488 between Westfield Rd and Vicarage Rd. It only took 2 hours to cover both sides of the road today and with only 3 bags filled. Frequent visits to this stretch of road will undoubtedly m...

B488

Day 3 continuing from where we left off yesterday. Limited time today so only managed 2 extra bags of litter to add to the tally. However, recovered an old traffic cone, lorry tyre carcass and an old ...

B488

Continuing from yesterday along B488. 15 bags of waste collected today. The lack of any sort of verge at certain points makes it difficult picking up litter.

B488

B488 between Westfield Rd and Vicarage Rd from 10am onwards. So much litter, I didn't get half way towards Vicarage Road. Eight bags, and other larger stuff, gathered. It's amazing how much nature gr...

Northfield Road

A litter pick along the length of Northfield Road starting at 9am from the B488 Upper Icknield Way roundabout Nine bags collected, 6 general waste and 3 of recyclables.

Northfield Road

8.30 start from the roundabout on B488 Upper Icknield Way, working towards Station Road on one side and then back down the other to leave the collected waste in the layby near the B488 junction. Five ...

Dog walk and litter pick

Walk along Westfield Rd and Marsworth Rd as far as the recreation ground. One carrier bag filled.

Northfield Road

A litter pick down here is long overdue. 17 bags filled! Two fly tips reported on Fix My Street (tyres and scaffolding parts).

B489

Starting at Pitstone windmill car park @ 9am. To clear the south-west verge first (the one without the footpath) up to the turn off to Ivinghoe Beacon, before turning around and clearing the opposite ...

B489 & B488

Weather permitting - 9am start from roundabout at B488 and Westfield Road, working north (ish) towards junctions with Vicarage Road and Stocks Road. If time permits, will continue along towards the wi...

Northfield Road

Litter pick along the length of Northfield Rd starting from the junction with Upper Icknield Way.

Vicarage Road B488 end - take 2!

Checking if there have been more Fosters cans dropped. Another bag filled. Lots more Fosters can, McDonald's packaging and crisp packets. There are about a dozen cans so far into the hedge that I cou...

Vicarage Road B488 end

Unplanned litter pick with the dog. Huge number of Fosters cans discarded. Some too deep into the hedge to reach. Huge number of Fosters cans discarded. Some too deep into the hedge to reach. One bag ...

Northfield Road revisited

Despite being litter picked less than 2 weeks ago, Northfield Rd has accumulated lots more. 9am start from the roundabout on B488 Upper Icknield Way. Six bags collected, together with a tyre and a l...

Dog walk and litter pick

Unplanned litter pick while walking the dog. Covered Westfield Rd from the junction with Warwick Road down to Marsworth Road and Vicarage Road as far as the last bin on the recreation ground. One bag ...

Northfield Road

Starting at 9.30am from the B488 end of Northfield Road and working towards Station Rd before heading back along the opposite side of the road. 10 bags filled.

B489

8.45am start from Pitstone Windmill car park working up along the east side of the B489 to beneath Ivinghoe Beacon and then working back down the west side of the road to the start point. A bag of lit...

Return to the B489

Despite being litter picked recently, there is a lot of fresh litter building up along this road. Start point will be the junction below Ivinghoe Beacon working down towards Pitstone windmill car pa...

Dog walk and litter pick

Church Road, Vicarage Road, Marsworth Road and Westfield Road. One bag filled.

Local pick

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B489 & B488 Day 2

Completing yesterday's litter pick. Starting 9.30 at the Stocks Rd junction and heading towards Vicarage Rd and then onto Westfield Rd. Another 10 bags filled today and all stacked in Vicarage Road a...

B489 & B488 Day 1

Starting from the foot of Ivinghoe Beacon and working down towards Ivinghoe, then left at the junction towards the windmill car park and following the road along towards Stocks Road, up to the junctio...

Mystery tour dog walk and litter pick

The dog and I did a circular route taking in Westfield Rd, Marsworth Road and a small part of Vicarage Rd as dmfar as The Pightle. 3 carrier bags worth of litter, twice emptied into the bin on the rec...

Westfield and Marsworth Rd dog walk

Ad hoc litter pick with dog walk One bag of waste collected

Northfield Road footpath and verges

To clear up after the quarry visitors. Five bags collected and left in the layby for Dacorum council.

Dog walk and litter pick

A walk with the dog turned into an unplanned litter pick around St Mary's Church, Pitstone and the surrounding woods. Lots of recyclables recovered in the form of beer cans and bottles, Red Bull cans ...

B488 & B489

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Northfield Road footpath

Dog walk and ad hoc clear up Two bags filled, lots of beer bottles, quite a few N20 cartridges too.

Pitstone quarry area

To clear any litter in Northfield Road, Upper Icknield Way and the footpath by Northfield Road. 2 bags of general waste, 4 of recycling. There was more litter there, but ran out of bags!

Pitstone windmill, surrounding field and car park

An overdue sweep of this area to clear any litter.

Wander around the village

A random dog walk around the Vicarage Road and Church Road area, armed with litter pickers and black bag. One bag with a variety of items, McDonalds waste, Stella cans and even a pair of condom wrappe...

Upper Icknield Way nr quarry

To clear any litter left by visitors to the Pitstone quarry. Someone beat us to it this morning and most of the waste had been bagged and stacked. I collected 3 further bags from along the verges and ...

Upper Icknield Way roundabout

A clear up after a big attendance at the Pitstone quarry Five bags filled. Bucks council asked to collect the waste.

Westfield Road field

Some beer cans and bottles were left here a few days ago. Intention to clear these all up. All done.

Westfield Road and Upper Icknield Way roundabout

An overdue litter pick of Westfield Road from the 30mph signs up to and including the roundabout. Two bags filled.

Mystery tour dog walk and litter pick

No route planned, the intention is to walk out with the dog and litter pick as we go starting from St Mary's church, Pitstone. 2 bags filled, largely on Vicarage Road between the junctions of Church ...

Westfield and Marsworth Rd

A litter pick and dog walk combined. One large carrier bag filled, mostly with stuff from the ditch which runs alongside Marsworth Road.

Pitstone windmill NT land

To pick up in the windmill car park, the paths in the field, hedge adjacent to Upper Icknield Way and the path alongside Pitstone allotments. One bin bag filled with waste. Surprised there was so much...

Upper Icknield Way

9am start from the windmill car park covering both verges from the start of Ivinghoe and, depending on time, up to the roundabout at Westfield Road. Four bags in total. Three general waste and one of ...

Westfield Road

A litter pick starting at the 30MPH signs and working both sides of the road up to and around the roundabout at Upper Icknield Way.

Recyclables walk - Upper Icknield Way

A revisit of last week's clearance to pick up new recyclable stuff which has started to appear on the verges. 2 bags of recyclables recovered.

Upper Icknield Way unplanned!

Both verges starting from Westfield Road. Two bags collected, one from each side. The south side was challenging to clear as the tractor which originally had trimmed the verge had compressed litter i...

Upper Icknield Way

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Windmill field, car park and surrounds

An overdue clear up. A bag full of litter collected with lots of recyclables. Eight bags of dog poo collected and disposed of in the red bin in Church Road.

Westfield Rd and Upper Icknield Way roundabout

Regular clear up One carrier bag filled to the brim. Several Red Bull cans collected at various locations.

Westfield Road & Upper Icknield Way rouandabout

This stretch is overdue a litter pick. One carrier bag filled with the usual stuff.

Upper Icknield Way day 2

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Upper Icknield Way

Beginning at the roundabout at Westfield Rd and working east towards Vicarage Road.

Windmill field, car park and surrounds

11.30 start from the Church Road gate in Pitstone.

Westfield Road & Upper Icknield Way

Usual litter pick 1 bag filled. Fireworks debris found again.

Pitstone windmill area

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Westfield Road & Upper Icknield Way

Periodic tidy up. One bag filled from the dog walking field, Westfield Road (southern end), Icknield Way roundabout and the path parallel with Northfield Road.

Westfield Road & Upper Icknield Way

To clear the items dropped or thrown over the weekend. One bag filled.

Windmill field and car park

Weekly litter pick Half a bag of litter collected together with five bags of dog poop. Collected some further litter along Marsworth Road and Westfield Road

Long distance circular via Ashridge

Loop commencing from Westfield Road, Northfield Rd footpath, Aldbury Nowers, Aldbury village, Ashridge, Incombe Hole descending into Ivinghoe and finishing with a pick around the windmill field and ca...

Westfield Road & Upper Icknield Way

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Pitstone windmill and car park

Weekly litter pick One carrier bag filled, mostly from litter found in the car park. Pleased to report no bagged dog poop seen.

Aldbury Nowers

A clear up along the Ridgeway footpath within the Aldbury Nowers woods.

Westfield Road and Upper Icknield Way roundabout

A trawl over this otherwise recently-picked area because there have been a few items of litter dropped here since the beginning of the week. A carrier bag full of stuff, mainly plastic bottles, a McDo...

Upper Icknield Way

Where safe to do so, litter collection along the verges of the B489 Upper Icknield Way between Ivinghoe and the junction with the Westfield Road roundabout. Start time will be 12pm midday on the gree...

Windmill field and car park

10am start from Vicarage Road footpath. Dry start, but wet finish. One bin bag of waste and a carrier bag of 14 bagged dog poops all now appropriately disposed of.

Westfield Road inc. Upper Icknield Way roundabout

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Stocks Road

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Windmill field and car park

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Icknield Way #3

To finish the litter pick started on 23rd September. As there is so much litter along this stretch, I have asked AVDC if they can collect our bags at the conclusion of the event from the bus stop near...

Icknield Way #2

To continue with the clear up of this stretch of road between Ivinghoe and Chapel Road, Ivinghoe Aston. Six bags of waste collected today. Two were from around the junction of Chapel Road and Icknield...

Windmill field and car park

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B489 Icknield Way clean up

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Upper Icknield Way o/s Pitstone Quarry

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Ivinghoe bridleway clear up

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