“We did a really big haul of the river that day and each had a canoe acting like a bumper truck, with kayaks all round it, picking the litter and we were all teams of less than six.
“So we were still being very Covid aware and I thought we had done well with our full two tubs.
“But then I came back and found an entire canoe of litter.
“We plan to do more litter picks this summer.”
Back row left to right: Erik Hurinek, Boris Hurinek (trainee leader), James Ramsden (chair & coach), Ray Pickering, Phil Mackie (treasurer)
Front row Samantha Ahern (secretary & trainee coach), Sophie Walton (coach), Abbie Pearce