Tuesday, 14 March 2023

Litter just isn’t a nice subject, and picking up litter that other folk have chucked out their cars or left in laybys is not as glamourous as attending the Oscar ceremony in Hollywood.

You have to admire those in our community who year after year take part in the litter pick along the lochside and elsewhere, filling black bags with cans and fast-food waste, glass bottles and stuff that just shouldn’t be there.

This year 12th March was the date chosen by Sian Glanrid Jones to organise the troops and get the clean-up underway, with the help of Fiona Cairns who organises the Dores teams.  Sian and Fiona motivate and organise the whole thing, year after year, and the result is impressive, with more and more ground being covered each year.  The litter pick started out covering the Foyers to Dores road and now extends out to Whitebridge, along the top road including Errogie, Gorthleck and Torness and lots of the small lanes that connect all these communities.

Sian said ‘This year we had over 50 volunteers and collected over 150 black bags of litter.  We even found a washing machine which will be collected by Highland Council in due course.’

Sian added ‘It is not just about getting our roads looking their best for the primroses or the visitors, its about maintaining a clean environment in a place we all love and call home.   We can stop waste from entering the loch we can reduce the effect of plastic pollution.  Removing waste also benefits wildlife and every glass bottle collected means it is less likely a child or animal will be injured.  As a dog owner myself, I’d hate to see cut paws and noses caused by broken glass bottles.

Of course, picking litter as part of a group is also fun, and we meet up afterwards at Cameron’s Tearoom at Glenliath.  A grant through the Community Trust covers the cost of tea and cake, and Morag’s fire is a welcome sight for us all.

If you are interested in joining next year’s litter pick, look out for Sian’s Facebook posts next February. 

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