Posted in Health, news from around the world, other peoples blog, plastic pollution, tagged #plasticpollution, alternative materials for plastic, anti-plastic activist on March 15, 2021| 2 Comments »
Every day I despair about the amount of plastic we are forced to use. There’s very little these days that doesn’t contain plastic in one form or another. Its even been found in the human blood stream and foetus’.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcmuLgrB3f/?igshid=42b4wjsf4t76
I truly wish we could just stop already, but there’s too much money to be made, and not enough people are bothered.
Posted in around the UK, conqueror challenges, england coast path, Fun Stuff, Health, It's my life, long distance walks - solo, project 101, seaside towns of Britain, Travel, walk 1000 miles 2020, walks around the UK, tagged #plasticpollution, Conqueror virtual challenges 2020, for the love of walking, isle of thanet, long distance walking, solo walking, street art, walk1000miles, walking the English coast on February 2, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I recently (December 2020) walked from Ramsgate to Margate, and Herne Bay to Whitstable. Yes, I know, crazy. 😁😁 but it was a fantastic walk.
So passing through Margate, I saw these amazing paintings on the walls near the Tate.
I love how topical street art can be whereas some of it is just plain weird.
And further up the coast
One of the best things about walking, are the discoveries you make.
Posted in around the UK, idiot category, news from around the world, plastic pollution, Travel, walk 1000 miles 2021, tagged #plasticpollution, CLEAN SEAS campaign, fly-tipping, polluting the planet on January 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I wish I could share this story a million times, so that a million people could see it, perhaps share it to a million other people, so that a million people could stop polluting and dumping their trash.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKJaIAMg2Qj/?igshid=q2ovcp9ov3hb
With my frequent lengthy walks, and long distance walking, I see trash along the sides of the roads, in the hedges, the fields, and bizarrely even in trees. Its disgusting.
As he says, ultimately those people who dump their trash along the roads and elsewhere, are hurting themselves.
Edit: if you want to see what Curtis is up to, he’s on Instagram under creekrunner242 What a hero, and he turns the trash into art 👏👏👏
Posted in around the UK, cities and towns of the UK, conqueror challenges, Domesday Villages of England, gratitude, Health, It's my life, long distance walks - solo, photography, Travel, walk 1000 miles 2020, tagged #plasticpollution, conqueror virtual challenges, long distance walking, sunrise at the coast, walking the English coast, walks in england on November 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
So thankfully I start a new assignment today. I was beginning to panic just a bit.
But the agency finally came through and I’m on my way to Somerset to a town called Shepton-Malett, which to my delight is a Domesday Book town.
I’m looking forward to exploring 😃😃
Unfortunately it means that I can’t get out for sunrise walks for the next 2 weeks, so I made sure I got out this morning….and it was stunning. A gorgeous day for walking with clear skies and mild temperatures.
I walked as far as Dumpton Gap and back to the harbour chasing the incoming tide.
As with yesterday’s walk I collected 6 big pieces of trash that would otherwise have ended up in the ocean.
I’m going to have to get back to carrying bags and gloves with me again…there was so much more I could have picked up but no means of carrying the stuff 😔😔😔
I was also attacked by a bloody dog again that despite the owner trying to grab the damn thing, jumped up and tried to get to my face. It took the owner a good few minutes to get the dog on a leash. My verbal commentary was not very polite. I truly wish people who own dogs would just train the damn animals. Thankfully it was a spaniel so not very big or my face would have been slashed. As it is I could smell its breath it came that close 😠😠😠😠 I did manage to wallop the animal with my stick which gave it pause, but as soon as I moved it went for me again.
Ultimately I managed to move off without much more than my trousers muddied. But seriously….
The tide really does encroach pretty quickly, which cut off part of my route along the beach.
A lucky morning; I found a real bounty of coloured and white glass pieces on the beach. Yesterday yielded only 2 pieces, today I found loads, especially of the dark green glass that is so beautiful.
A magical walk and I’m so glad I made the effort. My kms are adding up, and the deficit going down 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️👏👏👏
After such a beautiful morning at the coast, clear skies and mild weather, imagine my surprise as we approached Canterbury on the train….the countryside is heavy with mist…looks amazing and I was wishing I had the time to jump off the train and take photos
My next post will be from Somerset. I’m looking forward to exploring a new town.
Have a good day folks.
Posted in around the UK, conqueror challenges, Fun Stuff, It's my life, photography, Travel, walk 1000 miles 2020, tagged #plasticpollution, baby boomers travel, being a granny, conqueror virtual challenges, long distance walking, Ramsgate Harbour, walk1000miles, walking the English coast on November 26, 2020| 2 Comments »
Lockdown and the government tiers certainly doesn’t allow for much by way of exploring, except in your local vicinity. If you’re lucky enough to live in a countryside area, close to the sea, or near a river, even if its familiar its usually different and can still be enjoyed every day.
I live (sort of*) near the sea and even though it’s the same, every day along the coast is different. I’ve found myself with time on my hands due to losing a 6 week assignment so made the most of the opportunity to spend time with my grandson and to catch up on my walking targets for 2020.
I’ve seen some amazing sunrises and sunsets and had much fun with the kid. He’s developing into a very determined little boy and like most kids his age, he has a strong will. He’s also growing rapidly and requires his Granny to carry him when he gets tired….but Granny is not a bodybuilder and has her limits 😁😁
I’ve mostly walked locally and managed a walk to Broadstairs and to the Sandwich side of the Pegwell Bay nature reserve.
The mudflats are home to an incredible number of birdlife that visit here during the changing seasons
On my way back from the nature reserve I walked along the beach beneath the cliffs; devastated to see the volume of plastic trash lining the high tide level and he number of dogshit bags piled up. It’ll take a team of 20-30 people to clear that up…it stretched from where I’m standing right along the cliffs; heartbreaking.
We’ve had a couple of family outings and made a special trip for the boobee to see the Christmas lights in Margate
Ramsgate Harbour offers so many photographic opportunities, you could spend all day there
I’ve managed to increase my kms by 74 this week and passed my original target of 1600kms. I do however still have 375km to walk to reach my 2020 target of 2020kms. Looking forward to seeing if I’ve exceeded my October total 🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️🚶🏻♀️
So yeah, I may be walking familiar routes, but every day it looks different.
* I sort of live in Ramsgate but because work all over the country I don’t actually have a home and liveineither a guest house or b&b between assignments. One day…I hope to have a home of my own.
Posted in around the UK, gratitude, Health, Inspiration, news from around the world, places to eat, plastic pollution, tagged #plasticpollution, ban single use plastic, be the change, beaplanethero, BeLikeAndy, no more plastic, no more single use plastic, save our oceans, save our planet, save our wildlife on October 16, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Our local coffee machine at the station; Andy of the Red Bean Machine has gone ‘green’ 👏👏👏👏💚💚♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️ He’s now using fully biodegradable cups and lids made from starch, making them compostable. I’m well impressed at these small independent coffee shops/vans making a difference NOW and not PHASING it out by whatever date the large corporations and our governments come up with as a pathetic excuse to try impress us. THIS is impressive, time ⌚ for the big coffee chains to step up and BE THE CHANGE we want to see. There is no longer any excuse, alternatives to PLASTIC are available @starbucks @costacoffee @caffenero @pretamangeruk etc etc #bansingleuseplastic #nomoresingleuseplastic #nomoreplastic #bethechange #saveourplanet 🌏🌎🌍 #saveouroceans🌊 #saveourwildlife #stepup #BeLikeAndy #beaplanethero
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