TWO women who use the country lanes between West Buckland and Trull are ‘horrified’ by the amount of fly-tipping.

Sarah Ambridge and her friend Louisa Mansfield, who ride, walk and cycle in The Lanes, Chilliswood Lane and Hamwood Lane daily, came across a pile of rubbish on a recent outing.

They found a child stair gate, child’s car seat, baby changing mat and other child-related items.

Sarah said: “All of it looked in reasonable condition and perhaps could have been given to charity or even sold on.

“But no, it was dumped in a country lane for no reason whatsoever – it’s a disgrace! Why drive all the way out to a country lane – take it to the recycling centre at least.”

This time last year the WWN reported that Sarah had found dozens of discarded empty pre-mixed gin and tonic cans in ditches and verges.

Now she says she has seen them on hedges along Lipe Hill, Stoford Lane and all along the back lane to Comeytrowe.

She said lots of beer bottles had been found in the verges on the back road to the motorway service station but someone had put them in piles and they were taken away.

Sarah added: “Louisa and I are horrified at the rubbish we find in the lanes.

“Do people not realise the damage they cause by this indiscriminate littering? I hope the person who left the children’s items sees the photos and feels ashamed and embarrassed about what they have done.

“We informed the council about the latest fly-tipping but it has better things to do with its time and money than pick up rubbish from our lanes when it provides a perfectly good refuse and accessible recycling service.”

The national media reported last week that fly-tipping incidents in England have risen by nearly 40 per cent in five years, to almost one million in 2017/18.