The Kintyre Forum

This beach clean today which is organised by Mrs Mary Turner of Killdalloig on behalf of the Marine Conservation Society http://www.thebmc.co.uk/News.aspx?id=2764 and http://www.adoptabeach.org.uk/ is today between 10-12pm.

Volunteers will be split up into teams and will be allocated a section of the loch to clean.Litter pickers, gloves and bags will be provided by the appropiate organisation.The group would also like to thank the local Council and others for their help and assistance.
This year i have just been notified that we will have the help of about 30 personal from HMS Campbeltown to assist us.
Camera will be at had for some shots .

JD it a pity this was not posted a few days ago, as I would have been willing to go along and give a hand.

Hope you all had a great time and did not come across anything too disgusting!

A big thankyou to all the Navy volunteers and the local residents who helped with the beach clean around the loch today. We gathered 105 bags of litter and the beaches look great. We could not have done it without the help of the Navy - the extra manpower made all the difference. Thanks are also due to the Council who provided money for the BBQ and help and support with the bags of litter. The BBQ was a sell out and thanks to all those who helped with that too especially Captain Colin Williams who revealed that he can do more than drive the ship and got the charcoal lit in the face of adversity! I think JD has some pics which will follow in due course.

rainbowsprite wrote:JD it a pity this was not posted a few days ago, as I would have been willing to go along and give a hand.

My apologies "rainbowsprite" for not posting this earlier, I completely forgot all about it up until this morning. I did not know whether the towns folk had been notified in advance of today. Next time around when Mary decides of date we'll get posted in plenty time.

Pictured below are some locals, members of the council, marine conservation society, crew personal and Capt Colin Williams of HMS Campbeltown.





Capt Colin Williams/ Jim Mustard (Excecutive Warrant Officer)






Councillor Rory Colville, Mary Stewart and Fred from the Enviroment Dept.






Mrs Mary Turner left, organizer of the event.

Interesting! See them eating, hugging and posing, but none of the cleaning

Bobbie En Tejas wrote:Interesting! See them eating, hugging and posing, but none of the cleaning

Did not want to post pics of collecting the floatsom, jetsom bits Bobby, may have put you of your lunch .

Campbeltown Loch may have been full of whisky some time ago, nowadays its full of other bits and pieces at times courtesy of a certain water company.
Anyway, as mention above the Loch is 105 bags of rubbish lighter along with 12 tyres, some fishing boxes and bits of nets. Not bad for some giving up their day of rest for a good cause to benefit the public and sealife in general.

Come on over next year and join us, you'll enjoy the BBQ afterwards .

Well done to all concerned.

The Council and/or Scottish Justice System should make this a more regular event by enlisting the people handed a "Community Service" sentence to pick up the litter and debris.

I have moved some comments made on here to Speakers Corner at

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Please keep to the thread

Yes, well done to all.

Pity you never posted earlier or you would have had a few more to help, especially with those burgers at the end!

When is the next one?