A GROUP of litter pickers from a Cumbrian village embarked on a mission to clean-up their area last week. Residents of Preston Patrick, including twelve-year-old Elizabeth and Janet the dog, collected rubbish discarded along the A65 from Crooklands Hotel as far as the M6 Kendal roundabout and many side roads. One keen member of the group had already filled a bag of cans before the litter pick started and continued collecting till the very end. Frank Sanderson, who took part in the litter pick said: "Such is the volume of this rubbish, collected daily by locals, it still increases faster than can be collected."