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The title of this post may be a teeny bit misleading. No’ I’ve not been saving lives or squeezing myself into red swimming costumes but I was on a beach … on one of the coldest, windiest May days I can remember. So, why was I there? I was part of a group participating in The M&S Big Beach Clean Up – One of a number of days arranged in conjunction with the Marine Conservation Society to encourage to help clean up our beaches. We went to West Kirby Beach on The Wirral. We were told that actually the beach was quite a ‘clean’ beach anyway and it was a lovely spot when we arrived. Even in howling winds! I’m ashamed to say I didn’t even know West Kirby Beach existed even though it is less than an hour away from here. I was invited to take my children but as it was a school/nursery day, I gathered together the troops and got some friends to bring their little ones (I bet they were secretly cursing me when they saw the state of the weather!) Helpers were armed with bin bags and some grabbers and instructions not to pick up more »