UNBELIEVABLE the amount of .........

.......... dog poo on the way to the river and on the riverbank in Shiplake, both in and out of bags!

It seems, whoever you all are, you don't give a sh1t - or rather, you do - an awful lot of it!

Please, please - clear up after your dog and make this Shiplake walk a pleasure - not an obstacle course!

Thank you!

Posted by: Sally Sherwin | 20/08/2026 10:12 am

We suspect that one of the culprits in the New Road/Mill Road junction area & down the Thames Path walk to the river there (there is a vast amount left bagged and unbagged in these areas), is a ""professional"" (!) dog walker who walks several dogs at a time.  We are hoping to catch them on camera. 

Posted by: Elaine Fowler | 20/08/2026 2:37 pm

As a responsible and local dog owner, people not picking up dog poo or dumping poo bags until they find a bin isn't on.

However, do please note that Shiplake and the local area has many vistors, including dog owners. Therefore its not necessarily local forum member dog owners leaving the poo, who you would assume has more respect for our local area.

Posted by: Tanya Warnford-Davis | 20/08/2026 12:25 pm