1st Forest Hall Guides and 4 members of Forest Hall Trefoil Guild were found on Tynemouth Longsands this morning to help with the Great British Beach Clean organised by the Marine Conservation Society. The beach was deserted when we arrived.
In groups of three, armed with a litter picker, black bag, thick gloves and a clip board we roamed a 100m area from the high tide area to the dunes looking for litter. We had to log everything that was found and that is used for the annual summary report prepared by the society about the state of our beaches.
I was impressed by how clean the beach was and most of the litter was just on the tide line so was probably washed up with the last tide. There were not many others there to do the clean so it was just as well we turned up. It is an activity that all ages could take part in so keep your eyes open for the next one, I would do it again.
For more information take a look at www.mcsuk.org/greatbritishbeachclean
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