October Roundup

Boardwalk

The work on the Seasonal pond boardwalk is still ongoing and the Neat team is inching their way towards the pond.
A lot of members of the public have been taking their time to stop and have a chat to the team and they have also suggested more seating areas in the second woodlands. Several fallen trees have been identified as potential natural seating for this area as well as having some seating on the boardwalk itself, the Neat team will see to this once they have finished the construction of the walkway.

Volunteers discuss seating for the Boardwalk.


Tidying Up
As usual FOCBP members have been out and about in the park on litter picks and generally tidying up little areas of undergrowth that need attention.


Tennis Courts

Due to safety and security reasons the Tennis courts will be locked in the evenings over winter as some people are using the courts for other activities for which they are not designed.
If these courts are damaged through misuse it will be difficult to repair the surface.
A group of people who were seen misusing the courts recently informed a FOCBP member that there were no signs up and we did not have a leg to stand on if any damage had occured to the surface.
Obviously some people have no common sense at all and need a sign for everything to tell them how to think!

Fungi Foray

Teifion Davies held his third Fungi Foray in the park recently and again we ended up with another haul of Fungi.

As usual it took us 20 minutes to leave the Tennis court car park area as there were plenty of Fungi just in that area alone.

The amazing thing about these walks is that every walk has been different and different species have been found on each one.

Meeting

Our next meeting is to be held at Pontarddulais Cricket Club at 7.30pm Wednesday October 28th.
As usual everybody is welcome to join us for a Drink and a chat.



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Christmas Tree 2015

Following the success of last year we will again be decorating the Friendship tree in the second woods with wooden tags at Christmas time.

To order a wooden tag all you have to do is go to the Pontarddulais Library, Crefftaau y Bont or call in to the Canolfan y Bont from mid October.
There is no set price on the Tag but we are asking for donations towards them.
You will then be given a small paper tag on which you can write your message or name. These paper tags will then be left in a box provided and your message will be etched onto a wooden tag for you to hang on the tree in December (The date of the event will be announced sometime in November)

To view images of last years event click on the link below.

http://friendsofcoedbachpark.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/christmas-tree-in-2nd-woods.html