The Great Cumbrian Litter Pick has revealed that during this year's cleaning event the volunteers managed to cover a distance of one hundred miles. 

This included Cartmel Priory School, who helped clean the streets of Grange and Cartmel over 21-22 May. 

There they, and other volunteers, found items such as socks, balls, large pieces of metal, fishing line and nets, BBQs, silage bags and the more common cans, bottles, and dog poo bags. 

Kay Andrews, the Landscape Engagement Officer from Friends of the Lake District, the charity that runs the annual Great Cumbrian Litter Pick, said: 

 "I'd like to thank everybody that got involved this year and our event sponsors the 'European Outdoor Conservation Association' and ' The North Face Explore Fund.'

"The Great Cumbrian Litter Pick takes place over two days, but many of the people who took part are regularly out litter picking-

"Whether that's through a litter picking group, work, school, or individually, communities are constantly tidying up after others." 

Because of the amount of volunteers and the scale of the event, which also includes Carlisle and Whitehaven, it took Friends of Cumbria until now to assess how much had been cleaned over the weekend.