00:00I've never seen so many geese, I've never seen so many nesting birds come back and that's
00:07because people are starting to be a little bit more concerned, a little bit more respectful
00:18of nature.
00:21Just a few months ago, hundreds of people lined the banks of the River Taft and took
00:24part in a world record attempt to have the most people cleaning a river all at once.
00:29It was a success and all of the people, including yours truly, officially set the record.
00:33It was a great experience to be a part of something which helped the river and Paul from the Wambles
00:37of Wales was another participant to help break the world record and he says that you can
00:42see clearly the amount of birds here in Cardiff making homes along the water side that the
00:46clean up clearly had a massive impact on the wildlife here.
00:50So that's the whole thing, I just want to say how proud and how humbled I am by everybody
00:55that joined in the Taftide and the Guinness World Record attempt, which we broke, organised
01:01by Kate Strong.
01:02What an inspiration.
01:04There were only hundreds of people up and down the Taft, picking up litter and cleaning
01:11our beautiful river and looking after nature.
01:15The world record attempt was just one small part of Paul's journey to help clean up Cardiff
01:20and other areas around South Wales as part of his Wambles of Wales team.
01:24He was made homeless and decided to have a positive impact on people around him and his
01:28latest plans are helping homeless people with a disability.
01:31A patron of the Wambles of Wales, Geoff Tree, has a boat and he's converted it for disabled
01:41access.
01:42So we're going to have a load of guys from the homeless hostel that I stay in who are
01:46in wheelchairs and coming out and cleaning the river from the boat, getting back to nature
01:52and hopefully we'll make that a regular thing along with Cardiff Rivers Group.
01:56So yeah, that's brilliant.
01:58Paul's biggest plan at the moment, though, is Barry to Bristol litter pick.
02:02He'll be embarking on that feat later on this year and wants to get people involved wherever
02:06they can.
02:07He's inviting people to join him, share his story and be a part of the mission, which
02:11is more than just cleaning litter, but also helping destigmatise the homeless and get
02:15people back to nature.
02:17Well, I'm just me on my tod with my litter picker.
02:21I just decided to walk from Barry to Bristol, stay where I can, camp where I can, and just
02:30one foot in front of the other, picking up litter all the way, taking in the views, taking
02:34nature, some of the coastal paths, hopefully either swimming or kayaking or boating down
02:41the rivers across the channel and just picking up litter as I can.
02:46And people can get involved in that as well.
02:48It's in September, so we want to get, if you live anywhere between Barry and Bristol,
02:52Cardiff, Newport, any of the surrounding towns or areas, we will have the map on our Facebook page.
02:58the
02:59Facebook page.
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