The Orange Tip
Peter Martin has written a fascinating series of posts on a number of butterflies that can be seen at Fleet Pond. You may wish to read them:
April: The Brimstone
May: The Orange Tip
June: The Small Heath
July: The Small Tortoiseshell
August: The Gatekeeper
September: The Red Admiral
Picture credit: here.
Mandy Doing Some Light Preparation For Her Walk!
Following Nick Keeley‘s epic cycle trip last year, FPS Committee Member Mandy Saxby will be undertaking an impressive 24 hour walk around Fleet Pond on Friday June 24th (starting at 19.30) to raise funds for the Clearwater Campaign!
You can sponsor Mandy by visiting her Charity Giving site here.
If you would like to join her for part of the 24 hours (for a contribution to the campaign fund), please drop Mandy an email with the subject “24 Hours of Le Pond”. A rota is currently in preparation! Naturally all assistance and motivation will be greatly appreciated 🙂
From Hart Countryside Service:
“The fishing jetty at Carnival Bridge is being replaced. Heavy machinery will be used to remove the old fishing jetty and install a new platform.
The section of footpath leading from the wooden station steps to the concrete steps will be closed intermittently on the above dates. At these times circumnavigation of the pond will not be possible.
Access to the station will still be available from the pond – please see this map Footpath Closures Jetty Work 2011.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused by these works.
For further information please contact the Countryside Service on 01252 623443.
Thank you for your support and co-operation.”
Editor: Apologies that this post went up after the the closure on 13-15 April.
The Clearwater Campaign, spearheaded by Fleet Pond Society (FPS), has been chosen as the nominated charity for Fleet & District Carnival 2011. Really excellent news and many thanks to the carnival organisers for their support!
Fleet Carnival will run from 8th-10th July 2011 and (in celebration of the Royal Wedding) the theme is ‘Prince and Princesses’. As you can imagine, FPS are currently planning something eye-catching for the procession!
See the Fleet & District Carnival Facebook Group for more details as well as here.
Picture credit: from Facebook site above.
This document, which is extremely well designed and presented, explains the proposals for Phase One of the Restoration Project.
The full document is available for download here: Fleet-Pond-Restoration-Phase 1 as well as from the Hart website, see here (on the rhs).