rubbish bins at cookham

[thamesS23]

we are currently moored up at cookham at the end of our 10 day jubilee holiday, and what a great end to the holiday it is - sunny evening, a few drink and a tasty bbq.

But the evening has been slightly tainted. As those whose know the path at Cookham, there are 2 small pathside small rubbish bins, both clearly marked up with a signthat ask's boat owners not to put thier rubbish in these bins, but use the
skip down the path not 30 yards away. But what does eeveryone do, pile their bags of rubbish one on top of the other and pile it down the side rather then spend the extra 30 seconds to walk down to the skip. It makes the place look like a mess. So after my bbq i not only took all my junk to the skip, but tidied up everyone else, much to the embarrased boat owners faces sat nearby!

Please can we all make the extra effort and tidy up after ourselves

 

[watson1959]

Nicely handled.....drives me nuts when people leave tesco bags full of carp on the bank just upstream of Sonning lock....usually it's where eastern European fishermen have spent the previous day with the family and a BBQ.

Clean it up!
Please!

But I'm guessing this is a wasted thread: the guilty are probably not here....

 

[boatone]

From the TMBA River Etiquette for boaters which is printed on the back cover of the EA/BMF Cruising Guide for 2012:

DO bin litter responsibly or take it away with you.

I wont bore you with pictures of the litter left near the slipway at Windsor

 

[teddington_lock]

We have the same at Teddington

There is a single Richmond Council bin just by the bridge , next to a bench.

Pretty much everyday there is rubbish bags stacked up on it , around it , split open by the foxes , you name it.

50 yards away , in full view , are 4 bright red 1100 litre skips at the lock. Too far to walk for some i guess