Sat 31st May

Did a temporary boardwalk fix this morning, will do a proper job with the right tools tomorrow.

Loads of people wanting to chat about the reserve and conservation which made for a lovely day. 

Unfortunately the strimmer was playing up today so no progress on the margins. Tomorrow will attempt again with another machine. 

Spoke to a group of kids and a kayaker about no swimming or paddling, luckily both were understanding.

Saturday 31st May

Met a cyclist in SPM. He said he was local and he cycled through every day, so what was the problem? After a friendly chat we parted amicably, and he pushed the bike. Male Swan was blocking path, with the female and 4 cygnets in the water, but we went the other way.

Friday 30th May

Quiet morning on site but lots of bird song and the one of the swans was out by the bridge with her 4 cygnets.

site looking nice and tidy and no litter

Thursday 29th

Very quiet, a couple of families and a bird watcher. There is a plastic coke bottle and a beer can in the pond that will need a long pole to retrieve. Otherwise all good. 

Bank holiday

 all quiet. 1 runner, 2 walkers and 1 regular visitor, we had a nice chat. No litter to speak of. All looks nice and tidy, chalk board hasnt been trashed - yet! I'll look into re stapling NW runners notice.

water 37.10m as it has been for weeks. It's as much to do with the nearby sluices as rain, of which there's been little apart from that downpour a couple of weeks ago

a few flag irises visible.

Edit: sign sorted.

And lovely horse chestnut blossom on the deck

Sun 25th May

Lovely day, lovely people to chat to.

Plenty of strimming done today: entrance, main path near entrance and pond path all trimmed. Memorial was also saved from the overgrowth. Replaced the no dogs sign in the front gate, I've noted the flapping running sign and will replace it next week.

Lots of people talking to me about the Japanese knotweed today, I hope it's not worrying people too much.

Sunday 25th May

 All neat and tidy, lovely strimming!

A few walkers.  Two pairs of runners.  Had a chat with both about giving way to others: young couple very polite and middle-aged men very rude and dismissive. 

The running notice on the gate on NW bridge is flapping and needs a couple of staples.