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Post by zenfootball2 on May 19, 2022 14:19:09 GMT 1
all credit to him we go on holiday to llangranog and have done for years and whilst only a handfull of locals live there now, they pitch in and keep everything tidy, if there was no locals i dread to think what the beach would be like. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61499653"One man is embarking on the "mammoth" task of cleaning the beaches of Wales as he walks the 700-mile coastline. Geraint John, 51, of Maesteg, Bridgend county, said he wanted Wales' coastline to be the "envy of the world". After a five-month cycle around the UK last year, the amount of beach litter he saw did not sit right with him. "All the fantastic places I went... the image that was stuck in my head was all the rubbish that's around the coastline of Britain," he said."
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Post by venceremos on May 19, 2022 14:48:39 GMT 1
Enormous admiration for this man. I'm often on beaches in North Wales and almost always pick up two handfuls of trash when I leave (one day I'll remember to take a bag with me).
Last time I did it was on Harlech beach earlier this month and a chap sitting with his family said I was a man after his own heart - he'd cleaned up the area around them when they arrived. And Harlech's one of the cleaner beaches. I do the same when I'm out walking the dogs.
It was nice to feel appreciated but there aren't enough of us. For once I agree with a Tory minister years ago, who said it would make a big difference to the visible environment (& wildlife welfare) if people just picked up three pieces of litter when they see it. Doesn't take much effort and it's a more positive step than just thinking to yourself what a shame it is to see it.
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Post by zenfootball2 on May 19, 2022 16:54:01 GMT 1
Enormous admiration for this man. I'm often on beaches in North Wales and almost always pick up two handfuls of trash when I leave (one day I'll remember to take a bag with me). Last time I did it was on Harlech beach earlier this month and a chap sitting with his family said I was a man after his own heart - he'd cleaned up the area around them when they arrived. And Harlech's one of the cleaner beaches. I do the same when I'm out walking the dogs. It was nice to feel appreciated but there aren't enough of us. For once I agree with a Tory minister years ago, who said it would make a big difference to the visible environment (& wildlife welfare) if people just picked up three pieces of litter when they see it. Doesn't take much effort and it's a more positive step than just thinking to yourself what a shame it is to see it. completely agree with you we do the same if we are at the sea side , i also think fines for dropping litter/ fly tipping should be much higher and better enforced
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