This CITO / Litter Pick will be in Monkton Park, Chippenham, starting from a base near the baseball courts at the bottom of the hill near the Olympiad Leisure Centre, Chippenham. You are welcome to help for part or all of the time. We will take a group photo at the end of the event.
This event will qualify as part of geocaching.com CITO weekend and earn a souvenir on your geocaching profile.
The nearest parking is the pay and display car park for the Olympiad Leisure Centre. There is disabled parking at the bottom of the hill near the start location.
I am grateful for the support of www.off-the-ground.org (our local litter pick group who have regular litter picks) for the loan of equipment and Wiltshire Council for collection of the litter. Please post your intention to attend to enable us to have sufficient equipment. Litter picks and bags can be provided, please bring your own gloves.
SAFETY: During this CITO you may come across hazardous materials or situations. If in doubt, do not touch but record the location using your GPS and report it to the organisers. Hazardous materials may include needles, broken glass, barbed wire, heavy objects, dog waste etc. Hazardous situations may include slippery and uneven ground, the adjacent river, trip hazards, slopes etc. You take part at your risk.
Children and dogs are welcome but are the responsibility of the parent / owner. Dogs snould be on a lead. Please consider safety at all times.
There will be biscuits. Chocolate biscuits. Consider all the calories you could burn going up and down the hill and picking litter, and then have a guilt free chocolate biscuit.......
The GAGB
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The Geocaching Association of Great Britain (GAGB). The Association was established in 2003 to provide a national geocaching organisation and serve as a UK point of contact for geocachers, landowners, the media and others with an interest in geocaching.
As part of its 10th anniversary, it was decided to hold a CITO weekend in September which has now become an annual event. It would be great to see more of these icons pop up across the country and for other members to hold their own events where it is not feasible to attend one that a committee member has organised.
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There is a lot more information about what we do, including the landowner database, comprehensive event listings and forums at www.gagb.org.uk. If you would like to get involved follow the link and find our contact details.
The GAGB are encouraging everyone to organise CITO events this weekend, in part to pay-back for what we hope will have been a great summer of caching, and also to make things more pleasant for future cachers. If this CITO is the nearest one to you, please come along! |
More information could well be announced, so either keep watch on the listing or log your "Will Attend" to make sure you receive the announcement logs.