Week commencing Monday 1 February 2010
If you have been to the Lake over the weekend you may have seen a boundary fence around the Lake. Rather than use normal construction style barrier fencing we're using traditional deer fencing which can then be recycled by our deer warden John Horrigan at the end of the project. We need a compound fence to comply with construction design management (CDM) regulations and to also keep the deer out.
Week commencing Monday 8 February 2010
The fence around the lake has now been finished however we have left gaps near the café so that bird feeding can continue in half term. These will be closed once the contractor arrives on site. Our landscape team and gardening volunteers have been hard at work cutting down scrub behind the Lake so that the contractors have enough space to work in during the construction phase. If you see smoke in that area please don’t panic! As most of the scrub is poor quality it is being burnt on site.
Week commencing Monday 15 February 2010
This week we'll be continuing to cut down the self sown alders and larch planted in the 1970's from behind the island. If you've been to the site you'll notice that the trees on the eastern bank look a lot thinner. Michael Ridsdale, Head of Landscape, Mark Newman, Territory Archaeologist and Alexa Morton, our Visitor Experience and Marketing Manager have been by the Lake this morning filming a short video to present at the National Trust Spring Conference. In it they explain a little about the history of the Lake and why we're removing the silt island. Once it's been edited (rather long at the moment!) and photoshopped (I wish!) we'll put it up on the website for you to see.
Week commencing Monday 22 February 2010
This week we'll be continuing to remove the scrub from the island. The gardening team made a good start last week and I'm happy to say nobody has fallen in-yet!
This week we're continuing
