Saturday 7th. November 2009
This was another visit to the GLADE following the coppicing which was carried out by the BTCV team in September
As will be seen a lot of chipping were left for us to spread around the site.
These were, in fact, spread over a large part of the paths - particularly were the tree roots had come to the surface and could cause some people to trip - these have now been smoothed over
Whilst we do work hard we also have a coffee break!!
You will have seen from the special announcements page that that we are now working on the balancing pond on the Hormare - for some reason the developers called the area Coppice Park - so for all future note we will refer to the area as such.
Yesterday (Sat. May 2nd.) we started work here
A brief description of the Coppice Park site:
The site is reached via Hormare Crescent, left (or right) on Dean Way, and follow Dean Way down a hill where it ends at a children’s play area. At the left of the playground is a fine gravel path, which descends into the beech, oak, and ash woods. On the left is a big badger sett. On the right is the Hormare storm water overflow pond, bordered by a post and rail fence and backed by tall trees including a giant pine, legacy of the area once forming part of the grounds of Fryern Hall which was demolished in the 1970’s. The outflow of the pond, is into the river Stor. The bottom of the pond appears to be porous and it does not retain the water that flows into it. This is disappointing because aquatic surveys conducted by Storrington Conservation soon after the pond was constructed showed it to be very rich in pond life. As of 2 May 2009, it was ¾ filled with reeds. The remainder had shallow water. The 16 members who showed up this workday managed to clear the path of brambles and nettles around the pond and pick up all the litter in the area.
The new photo on the index page shows the work party.
Two photos of some of the work party
All the items below belong to a bygone age!!
From hereon your correspondent will TRY to keep this section up to date
WHAT HAVE WE DONE THIS MONTH
On Saturday Dec. 2nd. we were at Meadowside. The weather was horrible - heavy rain however nothing daunted 14 of us cleared the hazel grove we planted some years ago - they need clearing of all undergrowth to enable them to get firmly established.
The 2 photos under show the site before we started work and the 2nd. after we finished - a good job done.
WHAT WE WILL BE DOING NEXT MONTH
Our next work day is in February (we do not have a work day in January) when we will be at The Glades on Feb. 3rd 2008
For various reasons we were working, today, at the Mill Pond and along the Riverside walk. We will be going back to the Glade at a later date.
It was a very successful day - weather beautiful - 15 Members out working - a lot of work done with the highlight of the morning being Michael, working from a very tricky position, fishing out a nearly new small bike. The photos below show the operation in progress
This will now be refurbished by the Prisoners at Ford Open Prison for eventual distribution to the 3rd, world.
Saturday March 3rd
Today we were at Foxmead and on arrival to start work we were very surprised to find it in such good condition.
The photos below show how good it was looking
