Wednesday 23rd
March 2016
Contrary to the wishes expressed by my colleague in last
week’s blog we did not have a bonfire this week.
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Wot no bonfire!
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Our work party consisted of 3 volunteers and the task
allotted to us was to return to the Strawberry Castle play area for more
relocation of bark chippings.
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| The team survey the work |
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| The first task completed. |
The first task was to level out the bark chippings below one
of the swings, and then it was on to the greater task of creating a pathway of
wood chippings between some of the play areas. Wood chippings were loaded into
wheelbarrows and transported to the area marked out by large logs and a
semicircle of large stones. Once deposited the chippings were raked into a neat
footpath. When finished the idea is to allow children to move between the
various play areas without getting muddy.
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| Before |
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| Half completed |
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| Relocating wood chippings |
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| The finished article |
A water feature has been created. This comprises a water
pump at one end perched on a bed of rocks. Water can be pumped down channels and
at the opposite end is an Archimedes screw which pumps the water back up. The whole
area is surrounded by sand, children will love this play feature. We did notice
footprints in the sand which indicated that the first visitors to the site had
been badgers!
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| Water Pump |
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| Badgers were here first! |
On my walk back to the car park before leaving I had to stop
and admire the work being done bay those hardy souls Ruth and John, who once
again were stood in water repairing a stone wall along the edge of the Leapmill
Burn.
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| Ruth and John repair the wall along the edge of Leapmill Burn |
Phil Coyne
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