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Castlehill pupils join litter crusader to clean up Kintyre

by BEN RAMAGE

editor@campbeltowncourier.co.uk

A campaigner who is litter-picking his way around the UK coastline had a helping hand from some of Kintyre’s youngest waste workers recently.

As a reward, the Castlehill P6 pupils got to meet Wayne Dixon, 44, and his four year-old Northern Inuit husky Koda as they joined him to clear Trench Point beach last week.

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