DARTMOOR rangers Ella Briens and Andrea Roberts are bringing the Dartmoor version of the successful global litter campaign #2 minute beach clean to the national park again this year.

Bude resident Martin Dorey started the #2 minute beach clean after becoming frustrated by the amount of litter on our south west beaches. His aim was to encourage visitors and locals to take pride in their surroundings, raise awareness of the litter problem and to be proactive in dealing with the detritus.

The solution was a very simple idea — place large A frame boards, with litter pickers, at various beach-side locations and ask people to take two minutes of their day to get involved and litter pick the beach. By only asking for two minutes of their time it wasn’t a massive intrusion on their day, but with thousands of people visiting the beaches, all of those two minutes would soon add up.

The campaign is now growing in success and fame. People from all over the world are now taking part in the #2 minute beach clean project and are posting their litter picking pictures to social media sites to highlight the problem of litter on a world wide scale.

You can join in with the Dartmoor #2 minute litter pick on Saturday, April 22, between 10.30am and 12.30pm, at Roborough Rock, Yelverton. Come along and help for two minutes or stay for two hours.

Look out for distinctive #2 minute litter pick A frame boards, get involved, do your bit and post your pictures to Instagram or Twitter tagged with #2minutelitterpick and #lovedartmoor.