A Bottle in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush

A contact in a Barnsley litterpicking group told me of the areas for us to focus on tonight. We headed up Sackville Street, crossed the railway bridge onto Gawber Road, picking up bits of litter en route. Before turning right onto Wellfield Road an area behind an electricity box was cleared of trash which had evidently been accruing for a lengthy amount of time. This was evident from the dates on some of the newspapers found there! Next on the cards was a gennel through to The Grey Horse pub. In the area around the pub there were a lot of cigarettes, complemented by cans and bottles of beer. We emerged on Palm Street, turned right, and started down School Street. Here a man came out from one of the houses to heap praise on us, and even wanted to give us some money. We advised the gentleman that a donation to a local charity would be a good use of the money, and that was agreed upon. We were very flattered that someone sincerely appreciates the efforts we go to; what a lovely gesture!

"Take care not to trip while running or you might get 'road-trash'"

Following this, on a high from some positive encouragement, we skipped off down Greenfoot Lane, onto Gawber Road and retraced our earlier steps but on the opposite side of the road on the way back to Glasshouse. Near the bottom of the hill we found a bin and left the treasure from the night's activities there to be picked up by the the rubbish people.

Some notable finds on the evening's excursion were: - A laughing face emoji air freshener (see pic) - A remote control - 147 cigarette butts

Once back at Glasshouse we stretched off all of the key muscles we used.