Pond Clean-up Day... 27th September 2008

Ready for action!

In the end there were just two of us to there on a misty autumn morning. We were equipped with wheelbarrow, gloves, litter picker and wellies or in one case the ultimate in wet weather gear ' the waders'. The challenge didn't look too great. The pond had acquired a variety of new debris, pallets, branches, logs and a broken chair.

A bit of team work, with the waders in the pond and myself on the barrow, and some fairly hard work we soon had the pond looking good again.

There is a definite improvement in the plant life over the last weeks and the water looks clear.

We had a chat with the caretaker of the school next to the site, with a view to keeping the area clear of temptation for our vandals, and hopefully the supply of pallets will no longer be so readily available. Our thanks to him if this works out.
So job done and all looking good!
( Until next time).