The Wombles are back in the burrow in Wimbledon, after the traffic rules in London are changed to prevent the large lorries that were affecting their burrow from passing that way. I can't imagine that was the main aim of the traffic planners.
Bungo and Great Uncle Bulgaria are missing through most of the book, as they are away at a Womble conference in the US. That gives some of the other Wombles a bit more space. We meet Alderney and Shansi (I can't help feeling a bit uncomfortable that a Womble who takes a Chinese name takes on characteristics of that country. Shansi uses an unusual word order, she is speaking as if she were Chinese, when she isn't it's just her name). Apart from that, the Wombles get inventive with various schemes to manage with less rubbish being left on the common. The way that they replace the front door with plastic is interesting, it's litter that is viewed as the problem at this stage, not plastic itself. There is a certain level of mild threat here, life is not certain, even underground. ( )