Parklife
Work day 21st April 2024
We had a good morning with about 10+ helpers (no, not those above). We…
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 MoreWinter Wonderland in Conway Rec – December 12th 2022
Work day: July 24th 2022
Despite the summer heat, many friends met to dig, prune, trim, wade, strim, weed, and wheel and tip the barrow. although everyone was too busy and hot to play hopscotch.…
Read MoreConway Rec’s beautiful Learning Circle
In 2019, two of the Friends were walking along the Thames path and, spotting a piece of striking mosaic artwork, wondered whether something similar could be created to grace Conway…
Read MorePondLife – July 11th and 31st, 2021
Two dates involving repairing the pond stone edging close to the path. Raw materials were sourced from the bottom of the pond and behind the shed. Lots of old-fashioned tools…
Read MoreWork Day and Big Lunch: June 6, 2021
Our latest Work Day was followed by a most enjoyable but appropriately distanced Big(ish) Lunch on the grassy slopes of your local Recreational Park. With freshly mown grass, abundant blossom,…
Read MoreNice weather for ducks…
The Rec pond this weekend All the recent hard work by Derek, Gary, Dom, Andy and Chris to install a new grill with a partial barrier on the pond outflow…
Read MoreThe Rec in June
A further selection of photos from late May and early June showing the Rec at its luxurious and bountiful best, including Mick’s picture of a baby nuthatch awaiting breakfast.
Read MoreRec Life during Lockdown
April… Confined to barracks though some of us might be, our little Rec is quietly getting on with things. Surrounded by increasingly luxuriant vegetation and cooling water, frogs, toads, newts,…
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