This task ended up being a litter pick of the northern side beach by the Hayling ferry.

Treasures were dug out of the wet sand and Andy found himself a lovely new bracelet! Or a piece from a boat.

I pulled a strap out that was more of a magicians hanky trick as it just didnt seem to end!

l joined the welcoming crew of the Friends of Langstone Harbour to rescue two abandoned dinghies washed up against the Harbour wall. Their fibreglass hulls were gradually breaking up and polluting the sea with each high tide.

We pulled them up onto an old wooden pier, and fixed them in place with ropes and drilled-in fixings, so they can stay out of the water until they can be collected and disposed of safely.

At the same time, we took the opportunity to collect the visible plastics from this section of the beach, as well as on the walk to and from the boat location.

(Unfortunately, there were thousands of plastic nurdles in the shingle that we just couldn't collect. It's an ongoing labour of love for this Friends group.)

In preparation for a coastal marathon, the Friends of Langstone Harbour were cutting back overhanging brambles and trees at the Milton / Eastney end of the shorepath.

I joined the litter picking crew and filled a sack with large and small pieces of polystyrene and plenty of other plastics.

A satisfying morning in the sunshine.

We had a great time carrying out a review of the signage along the first part of the Langstone Harbour Shoreline walk.

At the start, we learnt what interdiction signs are so we could look out for them alongside blaze marks, signposts and interpretation boards.

We all identified the boards and stickers which Sammy expertly photographed, some of which were placed high up, some were old, some defaced, some confusing and some just blank.

We heroically waded through the mud around Eastney Lake only noticing afterwards the 👻 warning us that wading was prohibited.

At Swan Lake we enacted a beautiful scene from the ballet, which I'm sure the kind passerby who took our photo found very moving.

It should have been a beach clean with the Friends of Langstone Harbour, but a misjudgement of the distance from PO3 to PO9 meant that we litter picked independently instead!

Big cheers to first-timer Nia & to Katie L who switched from tree planting to litter picking in the rain! And well done to Nick who took the sensible approach to litter pick part of Langstone Harbour nearer to the car park.

Meanwhile, Lou, Val and I incorporated a 6K walk with a pathway litter pick.

Between us, we still managed to make a section of the Langstone Harbour footpaths and shoreline a little cleaner.

2 Goodgymers planted and wrapped Hazel trees for the Tree wardens. We booked Goodgym in to come and do a little pick in 2 years time to remove the sapling wrappers! Lovely to be part of this rewilding project.