Posts by Tony Maddox
Work day 19th May 2024
A small but select group undertook: In addition, the first moves were made in renovating the noticeboard which has been prone to condensation and, therefore, aquagenic illegibility, to coin a…
Read MoreWork day September 10th, 2023
On a Sunday at the end of the longest September heatwave ever recorded in the UK, a select crew of Reccers gathered to trim much of the hedge alongside the…
Read MoreWork day June 11th 2023
Despite temperatures in the high 20’s, a valiant band of Friends trimmed the hedge separating the tennis courts from the Conway Rd path constructed a new barley boom weeded and…
Read MoreWork day May 28th 2023
Thanks to everyone who contributed today, observed by a watchful Egyptian goose. There was plant and tree watering, some bramble-clearing in the Dell, litter-picking, hedge-trimming (both battery- and muscle-powered) and…
Read MoreWinter Wonderland in Conway Rec – December 12th 2022
Work day: 24th April 2022
A number of possibilities presented themselves: Flower bed weeding and tidying; Compost management (including soil from work on the mosaic circle); Litter picking; Removing and recycling pond debris; Dead-heading daffs;…
Read MoreFriends of Conway Rec Golden Globes – January 9th 2022
We gathered outside the clubhouse on a bracing but sunny Sunday morning to celebrate Friends’ contributions to the upkeep of the Rec over the past year. The awards are below…
Read MoreWork day: September 26th, 2021
We were so lucky with the weather – calm, warm and sunny – just what we like for a spot of Autumnal Reccing. Thanks so much, workers, for pitching in…
Read MoreWork day: August 22nd, 2021
The focus was late-summer tidying, with some serious hedge trimming, judicious strimming, weeding, clipping, pruning, bramble/nettle control, pond-clearing, sweeping and litter-picking. Whilst some toiled on, others developed a sudden interest…
Read MoreWorkday report: July 18th, 2021
Many disparate tasks achieved including: Tidying edge of pond wall Building and launching new Barley Boom Clearing any debris from pond Removing the now huge blackberry by the fence Hedge…
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