We can make the world a lot better 🐝 🐿 Less talk, more action! 🌿 Clermiston Litterati (Edinburgh West litterpickers) organiser 🧀 Gardener 🏑 🌻 🌱

Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined July 2019
Hi @andyburnham congrats on Ist week as PM. You have lots on your plate but when the #litter settles can you give it some priority? It costs the UK over Β£1Bn to address & it's getting worse. I have some insights if you care to listen. Do you, did you cure it in #Manchester? – at Dursley, England
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Phew, a bit of an effort on a muggy afternoon to fill a bag! πŸ₯΅ 2️⃣ hours 8️⃣,5️⃣ 0️⃣0️⃣ πŸ‘£ Corstorphine Hill's verges all cleaned up, all the way down to the @Royal_High_Sch 🌳 Can't believe the June count starts today, again! πŸ”’ Who's dumping wood in the bins? 😑 #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Our incredible team of 1️⃣4️⃣, in the sweltering heat, cleared 1️⃣3️⃣ bags of litter around Clermiston (the streets named after Robert Louis Stevenson's characters and places!) this morning! πŸ“– The youngest is 6, oldest 79! ❣️ #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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I am amazed I've still got followers as have taken a wee sabbatical from X! πŸ˜† We have been out litterpicking relentlessly, with 1️⃣2️⃣1️⃣ bags for May already! Here are this week's hauls! East Craigs, Barnton Park, and Sighthill Park βœ…οΈβœ…οΈβœ…οΈ Womble wages! πŸ€‘ #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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A beautiful day for clearing along the tramline at Stenhouse, again! 😎 🌞 Another 7️⃣ for #OneMillionBags ! 2️⃣5️⃣ glass bottles recycled! πŸ’š Thanks, @EllieGirl699, for another Friday #lunchandlitterpick !! 😍 When will it ever end?! πŸ€” – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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A very blustery litterpick today! 🌬 First bag filled with brand new school litter around Barnton woods! Only the brave ate al fresco today! πŸ€ͺ Second bag filled with ancient and smelly litter along the wall in the woods in Davidson's Mains Park! 🀒 #OneMillionBags #solo – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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We had another go at clearing the tramline at Broomhouse today!😎 Armed with hi vis, we clambered over the line and hauled out very difficult to reach litter with the Big Litterpicker! 🀩 Another 8️⃣ for #OneMillionBags plus 2️⃣ mobile phones! πŸ˜† #ClermistonLitterati – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Another raid into the @Royal_High_Sch woodlands by the Fabulous Five today! 🀩 🌿 Fantastic find by @EdinburghPicker of dry ski slope matting! ⛷️ 🀣 A lovely day for it! 😎 Definitely an improvement since we were last here in January! πŸ‘ŒπŸ’―πŸ’₯ Another 6️⃣ for #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Still raking through Barnton woods for old and new litter before Spring growth takes over again! 🌿 25 year old crisp packet! 😲 Woodburning stove anyone?! 🀣 #ThatsNew Bag 3️⃣4️⃣ for March's #OneMillionBags πŸ’ͺπŸ€›πŸ’₯ – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Woo woo! 😘 Clermiston had another cleanup this morning, our 115th Sunday pick! πŸ’₯ And WE cleaned up too with two lovely donations, chocolate and dosh! πŸ₯° Thank you to our Funloving 1️⃣5️⃣ who scoured the streets off Drumbrae Drive! πŸ₯³ πŸ‘ Another 2️⃣0️⃣ for #OneMillionBags!! – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Yay, back to Friday's #lunchandlitterpick for two! πŸ₯³ Back to the tramline along Stenhouse! 🚎 A huge seam of litter was hauled out from a ditch by the allotments! 🌱 Another 7️⃣ for #OneMillionBags and another burst brolly! πŸŒ‚ Thank you, @EllieGirl699 🀩 And thanks to the 🌞 !! – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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The clown world that we live in - gloriously satirised by Scot Squad.
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Another cracking job done by our fantastic 6️⃣ this morning along the tramline towards Saughton! βœ…οΈ πŸ’ͺ A big thanks to the local who brought some hi vis over to our dare devil pickers closest to the line! ❣️ Another 1️⃣2️⃣ for #OneMillionBags plus lots of flytipping! πŸ’₯ – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Another idyllic litterpick with Dolly in Barnton woods! 🌿🍁 Loads more talk to me now I have Dolly! 🀩 Another lucky 5p pence! πŸ€ A wee ball with a bell in it, kept for my cat! πŸˆβ€β¬›οΈ Big Balls! 🀣 And a lovely thank you from one of the boys from @Royal_High_Sch πŸ₯° #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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A big thanks to Moyah, who organised today's litterpick down Silverknowes Road towards the shore! πŸ‘ A whopping 8️⃣ bags were filled, another with glass bottles, all recycled, plus the usual bollard, burst brolly, etc! πŸ’ͺ The children had a fantastic time! πŸ₯³ #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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Another magnificent effort from our Super Seven, at East Craigs, this morning! πŸ₯³ We completely cleared the "minging mess" around the recycling area, yet again! 🫢 And carried on tidying the area all the way home! πŸ‘£ Another 8️⃣ for #OneMillionBags πŸ’š #ClermistonLitterati – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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It was Broomhouse's turn to receive some TLC today! 🫢 Three of us hit the roundabout, grass verges, and tramline, clearing 6️⃣ bags full of horrible litter! πŸ˜‡ No, we don't know how anyone could lose a steering wheel, either! 🀣 #OneMillionBags #Audi #ClermistonLitterati – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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A lovely litterpick in the sun at Sighthill Park today! 😎🌲🌿 It's a beautiful park but constantly littered πŸ˜– Our incredible 1️⃣1️⃣ managed to fill a whopping 1️⃣9️⃣ bags with litter and recycling in just one hour! πŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ And Andy had fun with that gas canister! 🀣 #OneMillionBags – at Edinburgh, Scotland
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