A "disgraceful" amount of rubbish was left at a riverside beauty spot after the hot weather on Friday - prompting anger from neighbours.
Cock Marsh in Bourne End was left in a state after revellers spent all day Friday enjoying the beautiful sunshine on the banks of the River Thames - with bottles and carrier bags among the piles of rubbish left behind.
The grass was also left scorched, seemingly by a barbecue that was lit on the ground.
It is not the first time the Cock Marsh area has been left in an appalling state after good weather.
In 2020, during the height of Covid, Thames Valley Police went so far as to put a dispersal order in place so those behaving badly and not adhering to the social distancing measures in place at the time could be ordered to leave the area.
It came after a string of complaints from Bourne End residents about large groups of people gathering at the river's edge during the hot weather and leaving rubbish behind.
Sadly, it was a similar scene this year, with neighbours left frustrated once again at the disrespect for the environment.
"Shame on those who left all this on Cockmarsh yesterday," one frustrated neighbour wrote on social media site Next Door on Saturday.
"You polluted a lovely spot, and showed no respect to the people who actually live here, and those who cleared it all up next morning."
Another added: "It’s really horrible. Some took their rubbish away with them - thank you to those - but others stayed until midnight and left it like this. Huge thanks to those who tidied it up this morning."
A fellow frustrated resident said: "Passed a group of teenagers heading that way with bags and music blaring out. Same thing every year unfortunately.
"As you say if they can carry it there they can carry it home, it's disgusting and dangerous for the cows who come and bathe in the river."
Another said this "contempt" for the environment is the same reason why Dorney Lake in the south of the county was forced to close its gates to the public back in June 2020.
Appalling behaviour by drunken louts forced the closure of the much loved site that once hosted Olympic rowing events and had been delighting nature lovers, cyclists and dog walkers for two decades.
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