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Taking advantage of the dry, sunny weather, around 25 volunteers turned out in East Ashling at the weekend to collect roadside litter for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown.

There was plenty to collect: apart from all the usual drinks cans, bottles and food wrappers, the volunteers found hubcaps, abandoned board games and a complete box of dried pasta.

After the clear-up the group met up – suitably socially distanced – at the Horse and Groom to compare notes over well-deserved coffees and cake, kindly provided by the pub’s management.

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Volunteers turned out in East Ashling to collect roadside litter for the first time since the Covid-19 lockdown

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Board games and boxes of pasta among haul for litter pickers tidying up our roadside verges