Hi readersI wasn’t sure what theme to have for my blog this week until I listened to Jason Alexander on Times Radio this morning. He was talking about collecting litter and making art with it. Check out his Instagram Rubbish walks. This is something close to my heart as a couple of years ago I started to do something similar - see plogartpat. It is fascinating to see what people do with the rubbish that they collect - especially those who live near the coast.

On our walk this morning - on a public footpath through a private estate, I thought that there wouldn’t be very much litter, but I came home with a bag full - nothing I could make art with though!! It went straight into the recyclying and rubbish bins.

There has been other litter-picking activity in our area this week - see the Welwyn Sustainable Living group on Facebook. They had 20 people turn out to pick up rubbish in the village. This is great to see. Do you have anything like this in your area? If so, it would be good to hear. Perhaps post on the LOCAL Facebook group and we can spread the word.

Although not litter, the other thing on my mind, has been an accumulation of bags that I didn’t know what to do with!! They can be used for food waste and compost, but mine goes straight in. However, people have come forward quickly to say they will have them for their food waste or they can be used by the local Codicote Food bank - maybe an idea for next week’s blog!

I would like to hear how your litter-picking goes and let me know if you find anything unusual.

Bye for nowPat