Clear pathways

Took this on the way back from dropping the girls at school this morning. It's the only photo I've taken but it does show a remarkably clear pathway.
Last week these paths were covered, deep, in leaves. That's fine when it is dry but messy when wet.
The council had a man in a small road-sweeper going around all of the pathways doing a great job of collecting all of the leaves. Two brushes, one either side, brush the leaves to the centre and then it's all vacuumed up into a big tank behind. 
Makes for a much cleaner walk and I expect the leaves all go to the recycling centre to be mulched into compost to be used in the parks.