We have always been a bit of a racial mix here in the U.K., mainly because of all the various invasions over the ages , although I’m never quiet sure why anybody in their right mind would want to come here :) .
Anyway - we have also done our own fair share of invading over the ages too , hence have always had an influx of people from all over the world in to this country.
It seems to me - Immigrant’s , especially those from the eastern European countries always seem to get a bit of a bad press in the U.K. , and I know we all tend to
“tar people with the same brush “ so I thought I’d relate this little tale from the weekend …………………………………
Sunday was a wonderful hot day here , so despite my awful cold , and to compensate for the fact I’d been painting a lot over the past few days – YUK :) , I thought I’d take a wander down our local nature reserve with my camera and get a few contrast shots to the ones I had taken last winter .
The reserve is basically an old quarry which has filled in with water over the years and has reed beds , marshy areas and a whole load of birds on it , and I’m never really sure who it belongs to , but it can get quiet messy at times due to people leaving their litter , so you can imagine my surprise when I came upon three kids actually cleaning away the rubbish in to a big bag .
It turns out they were all actually Romanian students , and they had just taken it upon themselves to clean up the area a little bit , no body had told them to do it , they just did it because they liked walking around the reserve and thought it was a shame it was so messy .
I reckon we can all become a little blasé about the country we live in and maybe we all need a little reminder about our social responsibilities to it , once in a while , and if that comes from a different perspective - so be it , as this shining example has got me putting a rubbish bag in my rucksack for the next time I go down there.
