The litter along the A38 is really bad at the moment but it’s not something one can do anything about. The section with an adjacent footpath, Lee Mill to Ivybridge, is pretty clear, so some kind people have been tidying up there.

It’s been interesting to pick up litter as I take my walks. Interesting, annoying, off putting, overwhelming at the amount there is. Yet interesting because when you say to people what you’re doing (Facebook, Twitter, Next Door), it turns out other people are clearing litter too. The photographs are not very pretty; there’s really no sign you’ve been there because it’s now just a car park, not an untidy car park. Yet there are tens of people in Ivybridge and the surrounding area picking up litter.

Nicer still, I met Mr and Mrs Christophers at the Railway Station Car Park the other day. They walk their dogs and they plant flowers. How nice is that! Note to self: take pictures of the flowers not just record bags of litter.