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I'm on my way! I've had fallen trees blocking train lines in Manchester, aborted landings in Madrid, and am currently starving to death. In Spain!...with special appearances by APOC founder Kathy Gower and veteran Ditch Pig Keith Tyrell!...
A prize is definitely needed for this stellar find! Especially the pumps...imploded TV, milking machine parts, a pair of pointy-toe kitten-heel pumps...
Only hundreds?! How restrained of all of us.... now about those hundreds of little white tissues you're leaving behind...
You are a good pilgrim and we should all be thanking all of you . I can't understand why women and it is the female of the species do not take their tissues with them and put them in the lav of the cafes that they visit. As I have said so many times before, urine is not a toxic substance last time I heard. It's only pee for heavens sake and Ghandi it is said drank his own urine although I would not go this far!! Thank you Rebekah. Best wishes annetteAnd you think YOU'RE having a good time?!
Forum friends TincaTinker, PDPiguet, Sheffield James, and yours truly) are out in the bright cold ditches these days, clearing TONS of trash off parts of the camino as yet untouched by cleanup crews.
CAMINO FRANCES: Sahagun to Reliegos on the Roman road; (Druid-era Coke cans found)
enriched Felix's Blues/r&b music collection at the Elvis Bar
CAMINO de MADRID: a black spot outside Medina de Rioseco: (imploded TV, milking machine parts, a pair of pointy-toe kitten-heel pumps);
Canal de Castilla towpath Medina to Tamariz locks.
Tomorrow: Camino de Madrid Villalon to Melgar (God willing); with special appearances by APOC founder Kathy Gower and veteran Ditch Pig Keith Tyrell!
(We've gone off our usual Palencia path this year, as pilgrims tell us it's not so littered -- we're slowly being put out of business! We have to go looking for pilgrim dumping spots! YAY!)
... now about those hundreds of little white tissues you're leaving behind...
Thanks for all the time you folks put into picking up trash along The Way.And you think YOU'RE having a good time?!
Forum friends TincaTinker, PDPiguet, Sheffield James, and yours truly) are out in the bright cold ditches these days, clearing TONS of trash off parts of the camino as yet untouched by cleanup crews.
CAMINO FRANCES: Sahagun to Reliegos on the Roman road; (Druid-era Coke cans found)
enriched Felix's Blues/r&b music collection at the Elvis Bar
CAMINO de MADRID: a black spot outside Medina de Rioseco: (imploded TV, milking machine parts, a pair of pointy-toe kitten-heel pumps);
Canal de Castilla towpath Medina to Tamariz locks.
Tomorrow: Camino de Madrid Villalon to Melgar (God willing); with special appearances by APOC founder Kathy Gower and veteran Ditch Pig Keith Tyrell!
(We've gone off our usual Palencia path this year, as pilgrims tell us it's not so littered -- we're slowly being put out of business! We have to go looking for pilgrim dumping spots! YAY!)
... now about those hundreds of little white tissues you're leaving behind...
Photos please...We found things today for which there is no known name - but we cleared 'em up just the same. @tyrrek is with us now, looking most fetching in his kilt, and fed now.
Camino Madrid is looking spic & span with the home stretch to Sahagun to go tomorrow.
Oh, and 'Bill', we found your jeans & sweatshirt. Where should we post them?
Ah, that's my kind of company. Doing nothing, just purrrrrrBetter late than never. Happy to oblige!View attachment 22691
I bow my head to you!!!Two fine cats: MoMo and Norman, working hard and doing their part. Meantime, the DitchPigs wound up a fabulous 2015 litter-picking season. Statistician Tyrrek provided total figures:
In five days:
137 total kilometers cleared,
42.3 km on Camino de Madrid, the rest on the Frances
That's that's 85 miles, or one-sixth of the average camino.
Twelve donors paid for two tanks of diesel,
24 meals, and at least 138 trash bags, and
a box of convent sweets.
Next up, a day of rest, and maybe cleaning up the very-trashed car.
And you think YOU'RE having a good time?!
Forum friends TincaTinker, PDPiguet, Sheffield James, and yours truly) are out in the bright cold ditches these days, clearing TONS of trash off parts of the camino as yet untouched by cleanup crews.
CAMINO FRANCES: Sahagun to Reliegos on the Roman road; (Druid-era Coke cans found)
enriched Felix's Blues/r&b music collection at the Elvis Bar
CAMINO de MADRID: a black spot outside Medina de Rioseco: (imploded TV, milking machine parts, a pair of pointy-toe kitten-heel pumps);
Canal de Castilla towpath Medina to Tamariz locks.
Tomorrow: Camino de Madrid Villalon to Melgar (God willing); with special appearances by APOC founder Kathy Gower and veteran Ditch Pig Keith Tyrell!
(We've gone off our usual Palencia path this year, as pilgrims tell us it's not so littered -- we're slowly being put out of business! We have to go looking for pilgrim dumping spots! YAY!)
... now about those hundreds of little white tissues you're leaving behind...
I have my own wee chore/sport of collecting cans n´bottles on my way to work, and have a pickup stick (or what´s its name) on my Xmas list. I am organising rolls of collection bags to be carried by walkers in my areas which are suitably sized for pick up jobs and marked for the roadservice collection.
If there was such a project of handing out collection bags in one end of a particular stretch and the fitting bonus/prize/acknowledgement in the other end, might one assume there would be an extra couple of hands along the route throughout the year ??
... now about those hundreds of little white tissues you're leaving behind...
- Quite so, ...some need priming, though....Dear Stivandrer, Thanks for the good work you are doing. Ditch Pigging is not just an annual event, it is indeed a Lifestyle, something everyone can do every day, right where they live!
Handing out collection bags at camino stops is a time-honored practice; I have bags here at Peaceable from two different campaigns in the past 5 years. Giving out rewards is beyond my remit, I believe... litter picking should not be a special event. It oughtta be Just What You Do.
Fabulous!
And will, most happily! Does anyone out there know where to get a 'pick-up stick' (don't know what to call it...), preferably in Spain?litter picking should not be a special event. It oughtta be Just What You Do.
Oh boy. Here, that could be a full time activity, and still there would be mountains of litter.Ditch Pigging...is indeed a Lifestyle, something everyone can do every day, right where they live!
I hear you VN....it's the same in Phuket Thailand. SO MUCH litter, I have trouble keeping up with collecting it just in my small streetAnd will, most happily! Does anyone out there know where to get a 'pick-up stick' (don't know what to call it...), preferably in Spain?
Oh boy. that could be a full time activity, and still there would be mountains of litter.
And will, most happily! Does anyone out there know where to get a 'pick-up stick' (don't know what to call it...), preferably in Spain?
Oh boy. Here, that could be a full time activity, and still there would be mountains of litter.
You picked up that plastic bag, didn't you ?
I can't figure out what you are talking about.Quick question: I understand the TV and the pointy-toed kitten heeled pumps, but why were pilgrims carrying milking machine parts?
Part of the OP's list of items these wonderful people picked up.CAMINO de MADRID: a black spot outside Medina de Rioseco: (imploded TV, milking machine parts, a pair of pointy-toe kitten-heel pumps);
Canal de Castilla towpath Medina to Tamariz locks.
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