Oswald The Octopus Preparing for the Big Day
Fleet Pond Society (FPS) has a strong tradition of contributing imaginative floats to the ever-popular Fleet Carnival. Currently the FPS team is busy preparing our entry for this year’s Grand Procession which will be held on Saturday 1st July (full details here).
Why not keep an eye out for Oswald (pictured above) who will be making a guest appearance 🙂
The colourful FPS float going along the main street during the Grand Procession in 2016
There will be a volunteer event at Fleet Pond this coming Sunday and all are welcome to attend (see below for registering).
Colin Gray, Chairman of Fleet Pond Society, writes:
“Our last task for the current season will be one last attack on birch scrub up on the Dry Heath by the car park. After that, two months “rest” and we will start again Sunday 10th September.
For next Sunday we should not need wellies, just some strong footwear. If you feel you might need water, please bring your own and we will supply the usual warm drink mid-morning. Watch out for bramble which tends to trip the unwary and can tear clothing.”
We meet as usual at the Countryside Workshop, Old Pump House Close, Fleet, GU51 3DN at 9.15 a.m. Please park in Kenilworth Road as parking is very restricted at the workshop.
For further information and booking for this event (which is essential as tools and resources have to be planned beforehand), please contact Hart Countryside Services:
Phone: 01252 623443 Email: countryside@hart.gov.uk
The Sunday volunteer tasks are supervised by a Hart Countryside Ranger together with members of Fleet Pond Society.
There will be a volunteer event at Fleet Pond this coming Sunday and all are welcome to attend (see below for registering).
This Sunday, Fleet Pond Ranger Nick Macfarlane is taking us back to the Dry Heath around the car park. The objective is some more birch clearance but the principal task is to ensure there is no overhanging vegetation along the car park edges or down the track from the car park to Boat House Corner.
Wildlife Day 4th June is fast approaching and stallholders cars will be allowed down the track. The idea is to ensure stallholders and visiting public do not scratch their cars or themselves on overhanging vegetation.
We meet as usual at the Countryside Workshop, Old Pump House Close, Fleet, GU51 3DN at 9.15 a.m. Please park in Kenilworth Road as parking is very restricted at the workshop. Bring water if you need it but we will have our usual choice of warm beverages mid-morning.
For further information and booking for this event (which is essential as tools and resources have to be planned beforehand), please contact Hart Countryside Services:
Phone: 01252 623443 Email: countryside@hart.gov.uk
The Sunday volunteer tasks are supervised by a Hart Countryside Ranger together with members of Fleet Pond Society.
The theme for the 2017 Fleet Pond Society (FPS) Photographic Competition is:
‘Beauty and the not so…’
This year’s theme is a “warts and all” celebration of all aspects of Fleet Pond Nature Reserve from the beautiful to the still eye-catching but not so cute. This interesting theme leaves a lot to your imagination and interpretation!
The rules of the competition are:
The “Photographer of the Year” will receive the annually awarded Rose Bowl, which was donated by Fleet Photographic.
Please note that all photographs may be used by FPS for any purpose it chooses.
Please send your entries by email to photocomp@fleetpond.org.uk
All photographs that are received will be acknowledged and the winners will be announced at the FPS AGM in February 2018.
To see the results of previous competitions, please take a look at the FPS web site (under the Photography tab at the top).
The winning entry for the 2016 FPS Photographic Competition by Rachel Jones. The theme was ‘Seasons’.