Right then, I took some pictures of the lake yesterday and found out some information about the known changes to the lake area.
Looking towards the flag pole or entrance end of the lake, the path leading from the grass car park along side the railway track is staying. The hedge row either side of the current wooden gate is being removed. In the background where the digger is sitting is becoming an amphitheatre with a hard standing area around it, which we have been told we can use in the possible future for model boat needs. (not the amphitheatre, the hard standing area!).
We at WPMBC have been informed not to rebuild or replace our shelter for the moment, or until the finish of the work around the lake, we are not sure what they mean by this, whether the park intend to replace it for us or to ensure that nobody builds anything too close to us?!!
The concrete edging lining the model boat lake is also going to be repaired where needed.
The metal fence separating the railway track from the lake is staying, and assumedly the little hedge that it goes into will remain too, however, the hedge next to the campsite end of the lake is being removed from what we have been informed.
In the picture below is the other end of the lake closest to the campsite. We have been told two different things regarding the willow trees which separate the two lakes.
The first being that they are all going to get cut down (not very likely since they seem to have removed all the trees that have been marked for the moment), the second being that they are going to be pruned back extensively to prevent the tendrils touching the roofs of any tents or gazebos placed there (more likely!).
From the concept drawings for the park regeneration a second path is being considered which will extend into the big lake on wooden walkways leading out to one of the islands. At the moment there isn't any signs of them starting to build this new path.
The only willow tree that has been removed from the boating lake edge has been the one behind WPMBC's shelter because the branch was over hanging it rather dangerously!
To the right of the picture is the big lake edge, the concrete edge is staying and from there extending out into the big lake to about 5-6ft will be a reed bed to prevent any geese walking out of the big lake into our lake.
And finally the view across the big lake, the lake is being dug out, removing something like 55,000 tons of silt from the lake bed and moving some of it to form new reed beds, the rest being used to spray farmer's fields for fertiliser!
Instead of being only 18 inches to 2ft deep it will be closer to 4-5ft deep in the centre of the lake, they have a Mississippi style paddle steamer which has been in storage for years that they are planning to use on the lake once again.
Any questions?
If I find anything else out I'll inform you.
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Topic: Wicksteed Organisers - 2014 (Read 31952 times)