A great turn out of thirteen of us to litter pick through out the woods and clear rubbish and blockages from Nanny Beck.
Altogether we cleared about fourteen bags of rubbish and litter – yes fourteen – which is an amazing amount in two hours of work. It is also a shocking figure in that we picked up twelve bags of litter and rubbish only a month ago. Respect to everyone who helped today!
Before…
Turning to Nanny Beck – the stream which runs past Tesco’s, under King Lane, and alongside Buckstone Road – this has the potential to be a tremendous feature of our parish. However, through years of neglect it has become blocked up with rubbish, and fallen trees and branches, and is almost invisible.
…after – the log was the last item to be removed
Our mission today was to take the first step in clearing away some of the detritus.
We started on a stretch about two thirds of the way down Buckstone Road, where a tree had fallen across the beck and then moved downstream and upstream from there.
We were able to clear about fifty yards of some of the sticks, logs, rubbish and mud and there was some reward for our work in that a female mallard turned up and swam up and down the river!
However, there is far more to do. To adapt the words of the great Arnold Shwarzenegger: “We’ll be back, Nanny Beck!”
Excuse the mud on the camera lens!
Friends of Adel Woods 