litter collection running total

fished staines last night no bites but laods of litter. i filled a carrier while i waited for a bite. all left by fisherman afraid to say. could the TAC produce a poster to put up in our local angling shops?

Hi Richard. Well done today being the only member to show at Walton. Not sure what happened, but well done for picking up at least two more black bags full of rubbish. The Walton area was left really clean after yesterday's regatta. Considering the amount of people that was there, two bag fulls is not a bad result, when i've picked up one on a Sunday after some anglers leave the bridge swims. Thanks again for your help and hope to meet you again soon Richard.

Roger Fairbrother wrote:

Hi Richard. Well done today being the only member to show at Walton. Not sure what happened

The Walton litter clear up is next Sunday the 31/10 - posted under Forthcoming Events.

Sorry Richard if you thought it was today. Nice one for collecting 2 bags full though.

trust me oh well got me out the house. look its well tidy down there. "change the venue"

well done to everybody who made the litter pick today at desborough island
we had 16 active members helping to make the bankside litter free
it rained all morning but it couldn't dampen the spirit of the TAC

we collected 8 bags of rubbish plus broken chairs etc,so we can call it 9 bags altogether on the day
top work everyone,many thanks

RUNNING TOTAL OF BAGS FILLED:123

Well done all of you, give yourselves a well deserved pat on the back. I am sorry that I can't attend these litter picking day's but that's only due to being unemployed for the past 7 month's. I do however do my bit when I manage to get on the Thames with a couple of friends who drag me out kicking and screaming for a day's fishing, lol.

Well in chaps, good turn out and good work all round!


Richard

i would have been there but ive had important things to sort out this weekend and lots of running around , will hopefully make the next one though .

a big up to the steeley sixteen for all their endeavours, the best turnout on the worst day, and what a day, constant drizzle/rain and never ending banter

many many thanks to you all

visited the road bridge over the river mole today, we last visited this area in april and filled 20 bin bags, today we filled only 2, those commuters cant be buying as many snacks as previously

RUNNING TOTAL 125

Another great turn out for the TAC today.
We had 10 adults and 5 juniors on our litter pick from Ham Car Park up to Teddington Lock.
We collected 10 big bin bags of rubbish from the river bank and also cleared 2 fallen trees from the pathway along our way.
Well done everyone who put in the time,effort and good spirit this morning,it is much appreciated as usual.
Also a big thankyou to Danny the Lock Keeper for making tea and letting all the juniors meet his wonderful Peregrine Falcon.

Ready to go

A fallen tree

No messing about,cleared out the way

A bigger fallen tree

Cleared out the way too

Good work lads


RUNNING TOTAL:135 BAGS FILLED

Superb work people, thank you very much for your efforts!


Richard

A couple more pics of the litter pick forwarded to us from Michael of the Arcadian Times

following on from a conversation with the EA at our pike handling day, we were told platts eyot car park on the lower sunbury road was disgraceful
needless to say our volunteers got on it double quick, take a seat while you read the list;
fridge
TV
5 x 5 gallon plastic drums, 3 were part filled
top half of car engine
7 car wheels with tyres
car front wing
motorbike seat
large boat battery
carpet
timber
last years xmas tree
and filled 11 bin bags with litter

As per Jim's post above - all this was collected from the bank of the Thames at Platts Eyot, Sunbury. Great effort lads, none of it was angling rubbish but it was cleared by anglers.

Port Hampton lease the river bank and car park of Platts Eyot from Thames Water. 3 Port Hampton employees including the site manager come over when these pics were taken to thank the TAC.

nice one steve

RUNNING TOTAL 146 BIN BAGS FILLED

good work steve and all who helped

I only got there at the end so no credit due me but well done to Jim and all those that did clear this rubbish.

Incidentally....addressed to Jim and Dave...this is on land that comes under Richmond council. The very same council that have blanked us on the illegal houseboaters at Teddington.

May be worth in due course showing them what anglers have done on land under their remit where all other sections of society have ignored it, including roughly 50 boaters moored on that island

this time it was sunbury island folks, we filled just over 3 bin bags, including some nasties like soiled nappies

RUNNING TOTAL 149

All weather, all conditions, a tribute to the TAC endeavours

three of us wandered the banks of the mole relief channel with spinning rods yesterday, we caught a single jack and filled 3 bin bags with litter
2 weeks ago six of us floatfished the ember, we filled 2 bin bags with litter and caught loads of silvers


BIN BAG RUNNING TOTAL 154

fished beverley brook earlier in the week, no fish,but a bag and a half of rubbish

Nice one. I noticed you'd made an impact last time we went down the Ember.

I was at the committee meeting of our local Scout group the other night, and there was talk about getting more involved in the community. Someone suggested doing a litter clear-up along the Thames or Crane. I said, "funny you should mention that, because there's this fishing club I'm a member of who are very keen on that and organise regular clear-up days, I will ask if perhaps we could go along."

So what do you think? Could a group of young Cubs and Scouts be useful, say on 27th Feb for example, or would they be a bit too young and become more of a hindrance, after all it is likely to be quite a heavyweight session.

I know much of the Crane is in dire need of a clear-up, if I get them organised could they borrow the TAC picker-upper-gadgets? I think the troop already has a supply of reflective jackets. What else do I need to be aware of organising this kind of thing, what do you do about really large stuff?

think the 27th wont be suitable for youngsters buddy, to many opportunities for accidents

we'd love to assist you with the crane idea, litter pickers and heavy weight bin bags are yours, glove wise we've only got adult sizes
take a carp porter to move heavy objects and give a simple health and safety chat

email admin@rivertac buddy and we'll sort it out

our volunteers were out at desbrough island before the match at walton bridge

they filled 2 bin bags with mostly beer cans and bottles

it seems the off licenses are giving away fishing kit with beer

BIN BAG RUNNING TOTAL 156