Here’s the direct link for online sponsorship: www.virginmoneygiving.com/ColinGray3

Colin Gray (pictured above), Chairman of Fleet Pond Society, writes:

“To support Fleet Pond Society’s Clearwater Campaign towards the restoration of Fleet Pond, I aim to do a circular walk to as many wildlife important sites as possible within one day. The sites will include Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Local Nature Reserves, Sites of Importance for Conservation and Special Protection Areas (a map of the route is given below).

As 2013 is my 75th year I felt it was about time that I left my desktop for a while, stopped going on about Fleet Pond and went out in the open air to raise some money for my favourite nature reserve. The walk covers at least 21 miles including open country, footpaths, canal towpaths and minor roads.”

The walk is scheduled for Sunday 22 September 2013.

To donate, please go the Virgin Money Giving page here.

The route map – 21 miles is a long way!

Further information on the walk can be found here.

Cathy Holden writes:

The sun shone and the crowds turned out along the Fleet Road to witness this year’s Carnival with the theme ‘Musicals’.

We took the theme ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ and tweaked it to ‘The Pirates of Fleet Pond’. Congratulations to Terry Austin and his crew for building the fabulous ‘Black Swan‘ which won Second Prize in the Motorised Float Section.  The attention to detail was fantastic and the meerkat crew enthralled the children along the route.

The Pirates of Fleet Pond with their galleon the Black Swan readying themselves to invade Fleet Carnival

The meerkat crew on deck keeping watch

One scurvy knave doesn’t do his job and has to walk the plank…..

Carnival jam on Connaught Road

Pirates on Fleet High Street!

Photo credits: Cathy Holden and Louise Greenwood