I HAVE a bee in my bonnet about rubbish -- and the area's awash with it.

I suppose a lot can be blamed on the holiday and bad weather backlog, but the by-pass is a disgrace yet again, Findlay Street and Grasmere Street are a mess and some backs are a total blot on the landscape.

There really is no need for it.

I cannot understand the mentality of people who lob bin bags over fences and into the countryside.

I knew if I drove out of Atherton along Bag Lane and into Platt Lane someone would have tipped a load of rubbish -- and I was right.

Why do they do it?

If everyone picked up the grot from soutside their own homes the towns would be a lot cleaner and not somewhere to be ashamed of.