I was down at Old Head yesterday with the young fella and he loved it. Old Head Beach is one of the most popular beaches in this area and until very recently held the distinguished prize of being a "blue flag beach ." I don't know why, but that title is lost now.
This is a heavenly place and by coincidence you can see Croagh Patrick from the beach (as in the photo).
We walked to the pier and I noticed some litter. I must admit, my call to action was slow to evolve.
I did. My son saw this. Others' children saw this. Others saw this. I hope they might do the same the next time they are on the beach. If we pull together we can make our beaches clean, enjoyable, safe and catalysts of community interest. Am I too optimistic or will you join me?
We will ...
ReplyDeleteWhen we go Geocaching, we always take a bag to pick up litter on the way. It is sometimes shocking to see how careless people walk about, dumping anything along their path.
Two weeks ago we were at the #lob10 event in mulranny. On the last day there was a school class on the beach doing some "cleaning up", unfortunately the did not seem to be introduced to their task properly. They "overcleaned" the beach, by also picking up driftwood, which is actually important for the built-up of dunes. After they were done they sat at the picknick tables, and instead of bringing re-usable drinking vessels and e.g. an apple, they had plasics cups and crisp-bags ... another wasted opportunity of teaching some environmental skills.
See you out there ... and bring a bag :-)