I went for a 5 mile walk yesterday, mostly offroad, the odd house here and there and as yet still no leaves, just buds. What was so noticable (it never changes) is the amount of rubbish everywhere, loads of it! In the narrow short road sections that I walked, especially in the hedges, plastic bottles, builders rubble, old furniture, tyres, fast food containers, carrier bags, black bags (filled of course), cans, used nappies, etc. There used to be a scheme whereby escorted prisoners with a supervisor would pick it all up, but thats been axed I think.
This morning I visted Farlington Marshes, a local bird sanctuary, 3 public car parks with provided council bins. They were all overflowing and rubbish everywhere!
What a **** country we live in!