My housemate Laura and I popped out at lunchtime for a quick litter-pick along the River Rea Trail, a popular path in our neighbourhood of Stirchley. It was a especially busy with treasure hunters, after our beloved local bakery hid a Golden Ticket for free baked goodies somewhere on the bridge. After a short fruitless search ourselves we headed off along the path with our litter pickers, clocking up less Christmassy rubbish than expected (what would that be? Tinsel? Shedded reindeer antlers? Quality Street wrappers?) but we did receive a few kind words from passers-by.

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