Work Parties
Working Parties 2009
15th Feb Totham Pit
- Cleared rubbish from the car park
- Cleared dead wood and fallen trees from the island and colliers bay
- Cleared outflow pipe and overgrown vegatation from some of the swims
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Working Parties 2008
10th Feb Beckingham Hall Netting
- 9 carp moved to Totham Pit / Slough House Farm
13th Apr Slough House Farm Car Park (resurfacing)
- Owner notified of planned works and asked if we may utilise car park on other side of the road while MAS car park is out of bounds
- Signs put up regarding one night maximum night fishing
- Car park scraped, reed bed swims dug out and holes made for fence posts
- Road planings purchased and spread on prepared car parking area
25th May Slough House Farm Car Park (fencing)
- Car park perimeter fence replaced
6th Jul Bog Grove Access Track and Car Park (open day preparations)
- Access track scraped (digger also utilised at Totham Pit to improve the disabled swims, paths and ramp)
- Grass cut in car park and general tidy up
- Fallen tree removed
17th Aug Slough House Farm (bank side maintenance)
- Tidy up after the water level returned to normal following work on clearing the blocked outflow pipe (the water level had risen as much as 2½ feet behind the reeds)
28th Sep Totham Pit container
- Only 4 people turned up to this workparty so the reed clearing at Slough House Farm was postponed and the day was spent tidying up the Totham Pit container instead
- Rubber boat inflated and now ready to use
9th Nov Slough House Farm and Howells
- Concrete strip set into Slough House Farm car park to support gate jockey wheel to aid opening / closing
- General tidy up including removal of reeds from overgrown swims
- Signs underneath the power lines at Howells repositioned to make them more prominent
16th Nov Stow Maries Netting
- Fish stock acquired for Bog Grove and Beckingham Hall
Adhoc:
- New Hall swims trimmed and bankside growth tidied up
- Swims and paths renovated and work on digging out proposed stock pond at Totham Pit
- Gate welding / repairs carried out at Beckingham Hall and padlock attached with thick chain
- Weed raking at Howells
- Evening work party at Rook Hall front lake on 11th Aug to clear swims of weed for the concessionary match the following day (won with 13lb 9oz)
- Fallen tree removed from Rook Hall
- Padlocks fitted / replaced on container and gates at New Hall and Totham Pit