Salt Island clean up July 2012

[b0ogaloo]

I spent the weekend on Salt Island doing a bit of a cleanup , pleased to say that it wasn't as bad as last year
I landed on the island at 16:00 on Friday , the weather didn't know what it was doing with cyclonic wind and occasional downpour
I set up camp at the north end of the forest



I bought a hammock for the dog, in the winter time she sleeps in mine  like a little black furry hot water bottle , but in the summer its to hot, so she got her own , its A UKhammocks EDC hammock, great job rolls up to the size of my fist



As usual a huge fire ring had been built , with the stones coming from the walls  full of beer bottle tops , beer cans and tinfoil



Walls had also been damaged by people climbing over them



Damage to trees ... why ? there's a pile of  dead wood twenty yards from there



Access to the BBQ was a bit overgrown



I had brought along a few tools , Axe , Sickle Shovel, pruning saw and an auger , but somethings are just too much to carry in a kayak , so I set about making a rake from dead wood

this will be the head



Starting to bore holes fro the tines



holes bored



fitting the shaft with a wedge



Finished



Then i started making a few repairs , took all the big stones out of the fire ring





Using a sickle and my rake i cleared a path down to the BBQ



Then I started on the fire ring





Any rubbish I found I buried up in the forest for future retrieval when I've a bit more room in the kayak ,

Andy

[FlapJack]

karma for you, good job and well posted.

[Oisín]

I always enjoy reading your posts, and I'm never short of amazed at the before and after pictures.

Your restoration ability amazes me.

Credit to you.

[Mourneman]

Mate,brillant post,you did a great job,well written thread & super photo's,karma awarded! 

[Spud]

Karma well earned, well done andy great stuff!

[Kayakgirl]

Well earned Karma!

[LandyLiam]

excellent, karma awarded 

[LennyJ1]

Like 

[Kayakgirl]

I'm also impressed with your woodwork skills. The rake looks awesome. Also love the fact that your dog has his own hammock. I don't think mine would sit still in one.

[b0ogaloo]

Thankyou

The dog ... well lets just say she likes her comforts , shes the strangest dog I've ever had . hates the rain won't go out in it  yet she'll jump into the water and swim after ducks , won't sit down in the back of the kayak incase she gets her bum wet but dives off it when she see's a rat on the shore

the woodworking ..  just one of my many hobbies , I'm going to ask the trust if they'll drop off a load of timber on the island for me to build some picnic benches

Andy

[Kayakgirl]

Cool, I'm sure they would be delighted that you are making the effort to tidy up the Island. Make sure you show them the work you've done.

[Pudd]

Karma given, not only because of the clean up, but the creativeness and the ingenuity used to create a rake out of nowhere!

Hats off to you. 

[sjh1]

Great work, rake is cool.

Astonishing that people obviously like that island enough to get a boat out to it, yet leave a load of rubbish behind!?

[wee gaz]

Astonishing that people obviously like that island enough to get a boat out to it, yet leave a load of rubbish behind!?
maybe make a sign for the landing point reminding people of thier effort to get there and how little effort is needed to take away a bag of rubbish which is 10% the size of the 1 they brought

[wee gaz]

copied part o sjh1 post to agree with him, not sure how to highlight that part