I marvel at the herculean efforts that some people must make to get so close to a litter bin yet fail to manage to lift the lid and deposit their crap in in it.

I made this image today after a speculative visit to the Strand, an officially classified Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Scenes like this take me straight back to Keith Arnatt’s A.O.N.B series, but in his the bins were awaiting the bin lorry.

Littering and fly-tipping are a curse afflicting this country but it not a new thing. Read Bill Bryson as he emerged from the Mersey Tunnel…