Eric Torrington (@erictorrington) 's Twitter Profile
Eric Torrington

@erictorrington

Serial litter picker & campaigner. No job too small 😉. Does have a life outside of litter, it's called sleep. All views are rubbish 😜. Save our NHS.

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calendar_today30-05-2020 07:36:26

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Well that's Christmas 🎄 sorted with #beer & artificial #tree from the hedgerows of the A38 #gloucestershire . Just might have to sell the concept of the tree to #shewhomustbeobeyed. Somewhat like approaching a female #blackwidowspider. Blindly optimistic🫤

Well that's Christmas 🎄 sorted with #beer & artificial #tree from the hedgerows of the A38 #gloucestershire . Just might have to sell the concept of the tree to #shewhomustbeobeyed. Somewhat like approaching a female #blackwidowspider. Blindly optimistic🫤
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Back this morning after the bank holiday to the #Hardwick lay-by & another 81 #litter items & plaster fly-tip. Could have much been much worse. Bins full but not overflowing & accessible. This lay-by floods regularly. Supporting Stroud District Council TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN #nature

Back this morning after the bank holiday to the #Hardwick lay-by &amp;  another 81 #litter items &amp; plaster fly-tip. Could have much been much worse. Bins full but not overflowing &amp; accessible. This lay-by floods regularly. Supporting <a href="/StroudDC/">Stroud District Council</a> <a href="/TruckersUp/">TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN</a> #nature
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4 lay-bys today across the A38 (3) & A419 (1) with 683 #litter items, 1 Xmas tree, 1 broken sun lounger & beers. Just another day in paradise #Gloucestershire 🫤 Supporting TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN #nature

4 lay-bys today across the A38 (3) &amp;  A419 (1) with 683 #litter items, 1 Xmas tree, 1 broken sun lounger &amp; beers. Just another day in paradise #Gloucestershire 🫤 Supporting <a href="/TruckersUp/">TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN</a> #nature
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I've been helping #nature in more ways than one today. Getting stuck in removing #litter from hedges but also as a carrier of sticky #Burdock seeds. Trouble is they penetrated my clothes & scratched my delicate self 🤓 Supporting #nature

I've been helping #nature in more ways than one today. Getting stuck in removing #litter from hedges but also as a carrier of sticky #Burdock seeds. Trouble is they penetrated my clothes &amp; scratched my delicate self 🤓 Supporting #nature
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Sat on the beach #LymeRegis as a man was robbed of his sandwich. The #gull swooped over his shoulder. Only to return 5 mins later to steal his other sandwich. Twas clinical. We had a good laugh when I asked him if he enjoyed his meal. His friend with a vegan option escaped 🤔

Sat on the beach #LymeRegis as a man was robbed of his sandwich. The #gull swooped over his shoulder. Only to return 5 mins later to steal his other sandwich. Twas clinical. We had a good laugh when I asked him if he enjoyed his meal. His friend with a vegan option escaped 🤔
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Voluntary #Litterpicking can be as little or as often as you like. Remember to take regular breaks & today in #LymeRegis I took in the views, a Lyme Regis Brewery #IPA #beer & some Burts Snacks. Supporting #lymeregistowncouncil Dorset Council UK

Voluntary #Litterpicking can be as little or as often as you like. Remember to take regular breaks &amp; today in #LymeRegis I took in the views, a <a href="/LymeRegisBrew/">Lyme Regis Brewery</a> #IPA #beer &amp; some <a href="/burtschips/">Burts Snacks</a>. Supporting #lymeregistowncouncil <a href="/DorsetCouncilUK/">Dorset Council UK</a>
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Really nothing much to report on litter route 1. The usual 300 - 400+ #littered items, 366 today many from & close to Sainsbury's. Oh, I did save a #bunny who had its head stuffed up a cardboard tube 🫤 Supporting #nature #cummunity Dursley Town Council

Really nothing much to report on litter route 1. The usual 300 - 400+ #littered items, 366 today many from &amp; close to <a href="/sainsburys/">Sainsbury's</a>. Oh, I did save a #bunny who had its head stuffed up a cardboard tube 🫤 Supporting #nature #cummunity <a href="/DursleyTC/">Dursley Town Council</a>
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#SuperSix #Sunday. 6 #Gloucestershire locations, over 1,300 #litter items (388 by my partner in grime Carol). 7 hours out with #coffee & rubbish talk with Carol. Supporting #nature TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN

#SuperSix #Sunday. 6 #Gloucestershire locations, over 1,300 #litter items (388 by my partner in grime Carol). 7 hours out with #coffee &amp; rubbish talk with Carol. Supporting #nature <a href="/TruckersUp/">TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN</a>
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My linear route up Kingshill Road & A4135 & back delivered up 476 #litter items. It's a popular public & school route. The bus stop has great street art but smelled of #pee around the damp patch. Supporting #nature #Community Dursley Town Council

My linear route up Kingshill Road &amp; A4135 &amp; back delivered up 476 #litter items. It's a popular public &amp; school route. The bus stop has great street art but  smelled of #pee around the damp patch. Supporting #nature #Community <a href="/DursleyTC/">Dursley Town Council</a>
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Recycling as much of yesterday's #litter pick of 476 items. One cut-back hedge revealed decades old litter with a 25p multi-pack can of #Coke dated #April 96. I'll put that in my vintage collection with my clothes 🫤 Supporting Dursley Town Council

Recycling as much of yesterday's #litter pick of 476 items. One cut-back hedge revealed decades old litter with a 25p multi-pack can of #Coke dated #April 96. I'll put that in my vintage collection with my clothes 🫤 Supporting <a href="/DursleyTC/">Dursley Town Council</a>
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Bit of walk in the park tonight picking the hedges of the recreational ground with 147 litter items. Also the grot spot that is #CastleStreet car park with 117 items. Finally rocking up home with 284 in total. Supporting #natute Dursley Town Council

Bit of walk in the park tonight picking the hedges of the recreational ground with 147 litter items.  Also the grot spot that is #CastleStreet car park with 117 items. Finally rocking up home with 284 in total. Supporting #natute <a href="/DursleyTC/">Dursley Town Council</a>
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Many #litterpickers like before & after clean-up pics. Well here's some of mine. Bit of an #aluminium can theme today with two hedgerow picks, a bag full of um & me (7) & 55 years later. Think I've aged well 🤔 #litter

Many #litterpickers like before &amp; after clean-up pics. Well here's some of mine. Bit of an #aluminium can theme today with two hedgerow picks, a bag full of um &amp; me (7) &amp; 55 years later. Think I've aged well 🤔 #litter
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Tackled a fly-tip hotspot (369 items), 400m of B4008 #Gloucestershire next to #JavelinPark incinerator (761 items) & a new lay-by (181) for me. It was a bit pants today🫤. Supporting TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN Stroud District Council #nature

Tackled a fly-tip hotspot (369 items), 400m of B4008 #Gloucestershire next to #JavelinPark incinerator (761 items) &amp; a new lay-by (181) for me.  It was a bit pants today🫤. Supporting <a href="/TruckersUp/">TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN</a> <a href="/StroudDC/">Stroud District Council</a> #nature
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As my MP heads to parliament, I am calling on them to pledge to protect the ocean. Join me in writing to your MP to ask them to pipe up. nmshr.io/s/twitter/ZBE_…

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+ive fly-tipping debate & a proposal for a national strategy. Well done Deirdre Costigan MP for championing debate. Progress! A big problem in Glos. Pic of fly-tip, private land Stroud & broken window effect. Strategy for litter too, please! Simon Opher MP parliamentlive.tv/event/index/d0…

+ive fly-tipping debate &amp; a proposal for a national strategy. Well done <a href="/deirdrecostigan/">Deirdre Costigan MP</a> for championing debate. Progress! A big problem in Glos. Pic of fly-tip, private land Stroud &amp; broken window effect. Strategy for litter too, please! <a href="/SimonforStroud/">Simon Opher MP</a> 

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This year I've picked up just over 83,000 items of #litter from 53 public & private land locations and routes. I will pick wherever I go planned or opportunistic. Sadly it's just the tip of the iceberg. Supporting #nature Stroud District Council TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN Keep Britain Tidy BBC South West

This year I've picked up just over 83,000 items of #litter from 53 public &amp; private land locations and routes. I will pick wherever I go planned or opportunistic. Sadly it's just the tip of the iceberg. Supporting #nature <a href="/StroudDC/">Stroud District Council</a> <a href="/TruckersUp/">TRUCKERS CLEANING UP BRITAIN</a> <a href="/KeepBritainTidy/">Keep Britain Tidy</a> <a href="/BBCSpotlight/">BBC South West</a>