BRACKLEY LITTER WOMBLES

  Brackley Litter Wombles attacking the A43 laybys! We started on the little laybys along the Brackley bypass today.   We laughingly thought we'd be able to do a couple! We started on the one nearest the BP roundabout... They are appalling!!   Today's haul was 36 bags, 69 tizer. Plus hangers, wire, tyres, a lovely pair of silver dance shoes, bags of earth??!!, roof tiles, a Henry Hoover and more. A real Generation Game of assorted detritus. Plenty more to do in just this one layby.   Thank you to Jackie, Trish, David , Gail and Dawn who took part in this full workout. We need to return!    

 Last month we hit our 2,000th bag of rubbish and we're still collecting more! Amazing amount of rubbish and we still get people ask why we do it. We do it because it's the right thing to do!

 After our great haul last week we are visiting the snack van layby this Thursday (12th September) to see what we can clear from there. There were 7 of us last week and we cleared our favourite one on the A43 heading into Brackley  It gave us... 30 bags 71 tizer Random items included... Brush dog bowl Kitchen worktops. Lots of Stolen trainers. Computer Keyboard. Suspicious liquid container. 2 pallets. 31 tyres!! Drinks bottle speed limit 40 mph Road sign Welly boot Chain saw 3 frying pans Griddle. Kitchen knife mugs Huge thank you to Jackie B, Isobel, Ian, Gail, Julia, Conrad and Trish who helped clear it. Still one zone there to do, so we'll return and finish it very soon.    

 Thursday 5th September at 4:00pm saw the opening of the long awaited skatepark in Brackley.  Luckily the weather was dry so the park was heaving with kids of many ages. Amazing BXM stunts were performed by some of the local talent and the area was enjoyed by all. However, once the families went home, litter galore! The council had provided two litter bins but the could not cope with the capacity of litter that was there. Most of it was plastic bottles or cans. Over the weekend we wombles collected 9 purple bin bags of rubbish. Sunday evening, one of our chief wombles emailed the Town Council about the situation with a suggestion that a recycling bin should be put there as well as more or bigger bins. The following morning at 8:00am we had an email back with a plan andthat afternoon 3 extra black bins and a blue recycling bin were installed! Amazing what vigilance and team work can do. Thank you Brackley Town Council for listening to us and acting so quickly.

 The plant life is starting to die back and we can now see what has become of our local laybys. We will be returning to our favourite one first on Thursday 5th September 9:00-11:00. This is the one on the A43 between Croughton and Brackley. This will be followed by the snack van layby, the little layby just before Evenley and a new zone, a "notorious" one near Syresham. Dates for these to be organised. Keep your eyee open for dates!

The advertised Saturday 17th will now be Sunday 18th at 3:00pm - 4:00pm as we have been asked to help at the end of the Classic Car event which is on Sunday. So we'll be making sure the town park, High Street and Piazza are litter free.