Tuesday, June 21, 2016

It's in the can - day one as a National Trust volunteer

And here it is - the nutritionally suspect booty of a first hour-long volunteer shift for the National Trust.
The empty can once dispensed a popular energy drink, the wedge-shaped card-and-plastic carton formerly held a mayo-rich Co-op sarnie.
Other discarded items collected from the Pennard clifftop in Gower, South Wales, included sweet wrappers - Werther's Original, Maoams and Wrigley 's gum (sugar-free peppermint) - wet-wipes, tissues, water bottle caps and a crushed carton of yoghurt.
Nothing unexpected - but a tad unsavoury nonetheless; a contrast to the dreamy views over an Oxwich Bay swelled with twinkling waters and topped with a silvery fret.
Thankfully, few visitors appear to disrespect this stretch of cliffscape; it's gloriously maintained.
Modest litter-picking duties are part of the new-ish role of COASTodian. It's rewarding to help in such a manner every few weeks - although perhaps I should've been equally content to undertake such simple assists before being enrolled.
Anyhow, if you fancy signing up as this new breed of fresh-air volunteer, check out this NT web page.