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Report of Eamont Cleanup Day
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Mark Davies, the Regional Access
Officer for Cumbria, organised a cleanup day on the river Eamont. It proved highly successful with a large number of paddlers turning up to help. In total there were 27 paddlers in 13 canoes and 3 kayaks, who paddled down the river from Ullswater to Eamont Bridge. Also two families walked down the first half-mile of the bank collecting rubbish between the river and a footpath. |
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The Environment Agency were
involved, along with the National Park, the Woodland Trust and Eden Rivers Trust. Penrith
Anglers had been contacted and said they would help, but interestingly on the day no one
turned up! The day was sunny and pleasant but unfortunately the river was very low. However this did mean it was easy to stop and pick up rubbish as we floated or more realistically bumped our way down stream. |
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| A huge amount of plastic was recovered from the river including a number of unusual items: a lawn mower, drinking glasses, a wheelbarrow, a pair of bellows, clothing (fortunately, no body was found in them) an old fibreglass kayak and a huge stand for a grinding wheel. | In all some 30 bags of rubbish,
which took 2 and a half trailer loads to remove, was collected. In fact the Recreation
officer from the Environment Agency Jo Barrett came in her &;Escort&risqué; to
remove the rubbish at the end of the day (thinking it would only be a bag or two), and was
somewhat flabbergasted when she saw the amount collected and realised it was not going to
fit into her car!! The Environment Agency is now sorting all the rubbish to recycle what they can.
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In all, an excellent day and thanks must go to all who helped, including Howtown Outdoor Centre, who provided a number of canoes for people to use. Special thanks must go to RAO Mark Davies and everyone is now wondering, when and which other river will be given the "Treatment". Nigel Timmins |
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