March of the Moth

What better way to celebrate the London marathon then walk over 20 miles in the rain with our gear? It was a tough slog but we were able to get many great scenic shots of London's landmarks - from the London Eye (after security had a few choice words with us) to Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Piccadilly.



And while there wasn't as much plastic debris lying around as we expected (probably due to runners drinking less because to the rain) we still managed to find piles and piles of cups, balloons, those plastic whacking sticks, disposable rain slickers and loads of bottles.



Hats off to the army of street custodians who seemed to be everywhere in the crowds. When I asked one about the types of debris he collected, he only said, "There’s too much plastic." Making it back to the hotel wet and exhausted, I managed to fall asleep with a beer in my lap - then on my lap - and, yes, we ate before 11pm. Now we're packing up for a flight to Ireland tomorrow where we will visit a microbiologist who has managed to make non-degradable plastic degradable. Cheers to you London. We wish we had more time.
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