Welcome to the Rudloe and environs website.
Here you will find news, articles and photos of an area that straddles the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in north-west Wiltshire.
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Rudloescene now, in January 2014, has a sister, academic rather than anarchic, website about Box history here: http://www.boxpeopleandplaces.co.uk/
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4th January 2026 and the first litter pick of the new year finds Lorraine and John in Toghill Crescent on this bright, cold day. The cold spell has been with us for a week now and is forecast to continue throughout the coming week. John regularly does some pre-pick picking in the lane twixt Chapel Plaister and the A365 (the lane leads to Old Jockey or Horse & Jockey). John related a tale from his latest pick when he found two 'unusual' objects. The first was a package wrapped in Sainsbury's plastic bags and sealed tightly with tape. Clearly, he had to find out what this package contained - on unwrapping, two engineering bricks were discovered. The second object was a dildo. Unfortunately, no pictures were taken of the objects but this is not the first dildo discovery - a picture (with commentary) of the first may be found here: 6th May 2018 article in the 10th photograph (scroll down).
Preparing for the off, beanies much in evidence, we have: John, Meg, Rod, Kate, Iain, Lorraine, Derrick and Bernard; Sian is yet to arrive so, along with yours truly, that makes ten of us.
The backdrop for the first litter pick of the new year
Lorraine and John wending their way up Toghill Crescent
It's coffee time...
A miscellany of litter...
This month's haul (14 bags) which will be collected by Wiltshire Council's French contractor tomorrow (Monday)
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