Beach Clean

On Saturday 2 Feb I headed to work to join a group of fellow environmentalists (ahem) to clean up Yellowcraigs Beach (about 50mins drive from Edinburgh city). About 20 of us turned up, including a few keen kids. It was a really good day for it, especially considering we'd had high winds and snow the previous 2 days. I did have 5 layers on, including thermal leggings though! We were provided with rubbish pickers and gloves and for the first bit had to also survey what rubbish we were picking up on a form so that they can see what types of stuff is being left. The beach didn't look that messy but on closer inspection we actually filled quite a lot of rubbish bags ...mostly plastic pieces, junk food wrappers and surprisingly plastic doggy doo bags - used! You think if u go through the effort to clean up after your dog - why you'd then just leave it there in a plastic bag (of all things)! It was really satisfying picking up rubbish and filling up the rubbish bags - like the feeling you get when you've vacuumed a room! (or maybe that's just me!) After two hours of cleaning we took off to a local pub for a well deserved pint and lunch. Was a nice day, bit of warm fuzzies doing my bit for the enviro, as well as the opportunity to hae seen more of this beautiful country...for free!