Notes from Bill Bryson

I recently drove from Dorset to Cumbria, through some of England’s most storied landscapes, and on virtually the whole of the journey litter was a conspicuous presence – fluttering in every hedgerow, piled in every lay-by. Litter is becoming the default condition of the British countryside.

It is time that we – all of us – did something about this. The landscape of Britain is too lovely to trash. That is why CPRE has launched an ambitious three-year campaign called Stop the Drop to try to make our countryside what it was almost everywhere until very recently and what most of us still want it to be – a place of cherished beauty and sometimes utter perfection.

A tidy countryside should be a right, not a surprise. It’s possible. It’s worth it. Please help us if you can.

Bill Bryson, CPRE President

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Bill cleans up on a litter pick
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