Posted by Tim Russell on 07 April 2010
Spring seems to have finally arrived and Rangers Tim Russell and Andy Harris began the season with a concerted litter pick between Cothelstone and The Pines.
This area is a regular hot spot for litter and often includes illegal fly tipping of used tyres. Litter this time included the wonderful mix of disposable nappies, zillions of Walkers crisps packets, traffic cones and bits of a deer in a sack (rather smelly!). Not the nicest element of the job …. but essential in keeping the Quantocks beautiful. The Rangers would like to thank Sedgemoor District Council for their help in removing the piles of tyres dumped amongst the trees below the road running from Cothelstone to The Pines.
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