(In) high spirits

Three Goodgymmers, Daryl, Keith and Lea, got together at Vesuvios. Unfortunately they nearly got blown off the beach, with bin bags in high spirits almost getting torn out of their hands, so it was decided to go up the path to the car park. And yes, plenty to be found. High spirits for Daryl: his loot contained a 5 pound note and a bottle of “Love Island WKD”, though the latter was empty. Lea’s loot was a hundredth of Daryl’s: a shiny 5p piece. And not to forget the biggest find: “millions” of cigarette butts! Oh and the kiddie’s bike… unfortunately too far gone to be upcycled for Lea and Keith’s grandson. But the plastic rake will be added to the huge collection of beach toys already waiting for him. The rather rusty love lock led to the comment: hopefully that means these people are still together?! Lots of “thank you” and “you are doing a great job”… which is always very nice to hear. Mind you, Lea ended up having to politely react to a man thanking her who then launched into a tirade against the council, the government, the lgbts, the far rights, the immigration policy etc etc. (Yikes, man, I’m only litterpicking, you know!, was what she thought, not what she said.) With Keith studying the information at Spyglass Point even some interesting bits of history were divulged. Anyway, the world and his wife may descend on Bournemouth on hot days and leave the place a mess, but us, Goodgymmers, happily do our bit in high spirits in spite of very grey skies.