Bonnington Blitz - Thank you to Lloyds TSB staff for your help

Last Friday 20 Volunteers from Lloyds TSB joined us for a clean-up and vegetation control session in Bonnington. We all had a fantastic day. The group pulled 8 kiddies bikes and scooters from the river, very unusual, perhaps the children of Leith have found an alternative way to upgrade their modes of transport. They also cleared around 40 bags of rubbish and lots of rusty metal, barriers, trolleys, a table and pallets, mind you they managed to get the grappling hook stuck 3 times in the silt. In the afternoon the groups worked really hard clearing back path edge vegetation, nettles, thistles and buddliea, and tackled just some of Himalayan Balsam in the area.

During the day I also spotted a jellyfish in the river - a first for me - just swimming under Great Junction Street Bridge and when we pulled out a buggy which had been in the water a long time, out popped a large eel, causing lots of girly screams.

There were a few tired faces by the end of the day but we achieved a lot, I hope you notice a difference in the area.