GAGB 2023 CITO Week
This is just one of the many events to be be held across the UK, Ireland, Isle of Man and Channel Islands as part of the GAGB CITO Week.
LITTER PICKING AND PATH TRIMMING ON ALNEY ISLAND
5th MAY 12:30 - 3:30pm
CITO 2023 Attend a CITO from 1st March through to 31st May to earn the Season 1 Souvenir
Parking: Headline coordinates are for Alney Island Nature Reserve car park. Please note you can only access it leaving Gloucester westbound, heading towards Highnam and Over.
Where: Meet up in the car park at 12:30 from where we will head along the riverside path. If you arrive after the start time and can't spot us please send me a message via Geocaching and I will let you know our current location.
What: We will be spring cleaning the riverside paths by collecting litter, as well as sprucing up the area by trimming the path edges, cutting back undergrowth and lopping off overhanging willow branches.
How: The Countryside Ranger will be there providing bags and litter pickers, as well as tools for the path clearance tasks. Please feel free to bring your own equipment if you wish, and please bring work gloves if you have them.
Health and Safety: The session and will be covered by Council insurance as long as you are working under the Countryside Ranger's instruction. Please do not pick up any sharp or dangerous items and make a note of large items for the rangers to collect at a later date. Use the litter pickers to pick up items. Any children attending must be supervised and dogs kept under control.
Remember to bring along your own refreshments as it can be thirsty work. Homemade cake will be provided at break time!
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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 April which has now became an annual event. This later evolved into a full CITO Week, with the first one being held in September 2019. 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.
There is a lot more information about what we do, including the landowner database, comprehensive event listings and Seeker e-magazine 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 week, in part to pay-back for what we hope will be 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!