January – the pick of Barton Hill
Saturday 6th January saw the first Barton Hill community litter pick of 2024.
The December event had been rained off at the last minute. However, this time the weather gods were beneficent and the sun shone.
All told five volunteers turned up, tidying the Ducie Road area, including its council-owned car park. In meetings with the council, your correspondent has been informed in the past that the car is supposed to be visited and cleansed by street cleaning crews once a week, although this appeared not to have been done well – or at all – in recent times.
In one hour we managed to collect over 6 bags of general waste and recyclable materials for collection by Bristol Waste, after which three of us had another one our of usual interesting chats over tea and biscuits at the Wellspring Settlement before going our separate ways until next month.
As per usual, many thanks to Shona for organising and my fellow pickers for turning out on a cold morning. 😀