STAFF at National Lottery operators Camelot's head office in Watford have a dilemma.

Having pledged their support to the National Spring Clean, and promised to fill as many bags with litter as possible, they now cannot find anywhere in Watford to clean up.

Despite spending several hours tramping around the Watford area, event co-ordinator Ms Sarah Liles has not managed to find a suitably tatty target.

She's checked out Ebury Way, the area around Watford Junction station, Cassiobury Park and Oxhey park, but none of them are up to scratch in the dirt stakes.

Camelot is now asking reades of The Watford Observer for their help in suggesting a suitable site.

The dirtier and more littered it is, the better, since Camelot will donate £10 for every bag of rubbish its employees can collect.

National Spring Clean, now in its eighth year, is run by the Tidy Britain Group.

Across the country, people are encouraged to get involved in litter pick-ups during April.

Various successful events have already taken place, organised by schools, youth groups and voluntary and environmental organisations.

Camelot became involved nationally with the event last year raising £22,000 for charity at the same time.

In 1997, its Watford team alone managed to raise £1,490 when they joined in the clean-up.

So this year it wants to find as messy a site as possible, making its litter collection efforts worthwhile.

Ms Liles said: "The council is over the moon that we can't find any litter - but it's not very good for us at the moment."

Around 40 or 50 Camelot staff are prepared to spend a couple of hours filling black bags, but so far Ms Liles has only found rubbish worth the efforts of a couple of people.

"What we need is a real grot-spot," she said.

Camelot has even had "Camelot National Spring Clean" T-shirts printed to wear for the big effort, scheduled for May 1.

So here's your chance to provide these willing volunteers with an opportunity to get out of the office and get to work on tackling litter.

Nominate a "grot-spot" which particularly offends you, and Camelot may choose it as the focus for its fundraising efforts.

Potential sites must be within 15 or 20 minutes' drive of Watford town centre, and must have enough rubbish to occupy about 40 eager Camelot employees for an hour or so.

The grubbier the site, the more money they will be able to raise for charity. Messy back gardens do not count.

The reader who nominates the chosen site will receive a Camelot goodie bag.

Write with your suggestions to Grot-Spot Nominations, The Watford Observer, 124 Rickmansworth Road, Watford WD1 7JW.

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