Email to Lewis Mason of the
Littlehampton Gazette
Hello Lewis,
Wondered if you could do
anything in the Littlehampton Gazette based on my experience from this
mornings Sunday run discoveries.
For our Sunday Run we take
the A27 from Arundel heading east and turn off quickly at the road that goes
into the woods opposite the Poling
Street village. We park where that road meets
the path that joins and becomes The Monarchs Way. Having turned off the A27
this morning, about a quarter of a mile down that lane there is a pile of
corrugated asbestos roofing broken up that has been left there by pig ignorant
fly tippers.
Apart from being dismayed at
the horrible way of treating our marvelous country side, it is appalling that
anybody would tip asbestos like that so dangerously.
I am loathed to complain
about the council, since the Sports Forum awarded me a grant
towards my race travel this year. However, it is difficult not
to link this outbreak to the community tip closing two days a week.
I spoke to a group of
cyclists who saw both this and the further along tipped group of household
goods at the cross roads where we park up. They thought it was
commercial goods but it looked to me as though somebody was disposing of the
home of and elderly departed relative, since it was a cooker and old rather sad
looking armchairs.
Another lady stopped and
took photos of the Asbestos at the same time as me, equally appalled and said
she would put the photos on Facebook on the 'Things for sale in Littlehampton'
page. I will definitely be putting
the photos and a few more words on my 'Daf's Diary' blog later today. www.dafbelt.blogspot.co.uk
Our run starts at the water
Station, passes Jack Upperton's Gibbet, continues along Monarchs Way, turning left off on to the
path that passes above Barpham
Saxon Village.
It then turns up to the trig
point and down to run the last couple of kilometres beside the gallops the come
back to the Monarchs Way and then cross road parking spot. 10km
Attached are the Fly Tipping
photos. Last photo is a Robin who was equally dismayed.
Should you be the slightest
bit interested in this disgraceful behaviour of the townsfolk?
07990803274
Daphne Belt
Littlehampton Sports Forum
Sports Person of the Year 2014 and 2016
2014 and 2015 World
Triathlon Champion age group 75-79
Arun Trinity Triathlon Club
Footnote: The run today was
quite stunning on such a bitter cold morning. As we left home the weather lady on
TV had said that it would be cold in the South East, as low as minus 6 or 7. Our
little old banger Marcus said it was minus 5. I had taken the advice from the
TV and put on a thermal base layer, then my warmest running coat that is a bit
Gortexy and topped those off with my favourite lightweight running coat. I
pulled on a warm hat and a pair of gloves. I was of course wearing running tights.
Still, what that expression that is used about brass monkeys could have been
put to the test this morning. It was wonderfully
crunchy underfoot, like running over a trail of salt and vinegar crisps. There was a light freezing fog but it was
still a beautiful day in our spectacular West Sussex
scenery apart from the start and finish scene ruined as it was by this illegal
fly tipping scourge.
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