Thursday 12th December 9am

Arrived early and what a lovely surprise to see the top loop now open.  Been some hard work carried out and thanks to all involved. 

Quite a lot of long-tailed Tits, along with black bitds, lots of great tits, and a sparrow hawk making lots of noise.

Main boardwalk becoming more uneven.  But no real issues and only a couple of beer cans to dispose of.

Thursday 12th December - all OK

Just a few folk about. Someone had kindly collected litter in the area behind the little mosaic stone at the start of the reed bed path and left it hanging in a tree … 

The path and river bank repairs look finished, and the broken post of the main river side gate into SPM has been replaced. Both gates are closed but not chained. The drop near the top end of the main boardwalk is more pronounced and may need attention in the new year …

storm Darragh update

 Thanks @Lynne F for you report. I will try to pop round and see what I can do. I take it things aren't bad enough to close the site.

Well the bridge didnt take much sweeping and the fallers didnt put up much resistance. No chainsaw ( I'm not allowed one anyway)

Sunday 8th December - actions!

A few brave souls about.

Lots of twigs and branches on the paths. I cleared what I could but @Paul Hamilton and his chainsaw have some actions 🙂:

• Small tree down on the western path between NW bridge and Red Bridge armrests.holds.drift
• Red Bridge needs a sweep
• Branch down at bottom end of boardwalk palace.fidgeted.mended

Bumped into a runner as I was leaving. He works in some sort of architectural/landscaping practice who want to do some work around access to urban trees and landscapes  (or something like that).  Has been charged with finding five projects.   They have funding!  Advised him to get in touch with Sam.  His name is Mark.