A
bit late this quarter. normally manage Christmas. Work has overwhelmed me this
Christmas.
Big
Plant started to clean out silt from the Mill Pond and everything is deep in mud
and hardcore. Then the contractors went on holiday and we still await their return.
Meanwhile a lot of our footpaths and the Mill Pond borders look more like a building
site. We have assurances from the contractors that ALL will be reinstated and
ready for the Spring, Oh! roll on Spring.
Ben
and I took a week off over Christmas and decorated our lounge at Whitley Bay.
so I came back excited and refreshed!!
So
to 2006, all the pond works should be completed before Easter and we will reinstate
the Sun Clock on it’s terrace. The Acomb Wheel is making steady progress
with schoolchildren and other volunteers doing brickwork and carpentry. It now
looks quite a formidable structure and should look well when painted and landscaped.
We
have added to the reeds in the Reed Bed and we hope that this will be vigorous
and dense in Spring. New hardcore footpaths are being extended into this area
for wheelchair and pushchair access.
Two
bits of good news to report, Sita are dredging our pond (contractors) and returning
to the depth that we had four years ago, this is being done at no cost to the
Trust, and the second bit of good news, Carol Parker one of our volunteers has
agreed to fill the vacancy for a Trustee. She says she “will give it a try
for six months”. Well done Carol you are very welcome
I
think that’s about all for now, we are hoping for a nice dry warm Spring
so the site can recover quickly from the muddy pond works and we can return to
our peaceful tranquil dell, of which we are so proud.
Regards
Trevor & Ben, February 2006
