Forty islanders and holiday makers turned up this week to clean Porthmellon beach- and they manged to pick up a bin liner of rubbish and rotting seaweed EACH! Island Tourism, who organised the event, presented the volunteers with T-shirts and a barbecue for their efforts.
Organisers told Scilly News they were “concerned” the amount of broken glass and nails found.
Euan Rodger from Island Tourism told Scilly News: “The beach cleaning evening was a great success and its aims were achieved. We are very grateful to all those who gave of their time - at this busy time of year - and in particular the children and those on holiday, as sadly they outnumbered the tourism community.”