NEWS
Some of the lilies that Mike & Dave has got out of the Club Lake with his new Dry Suit. Well done Mike & Dave.
Work Party Dates
10th & 11th Aril 2010
15th & 16th May 2010
12th & 13th June 2010
10th & 11th July 2010
14th & 15th August 2010
11th & 12th September 2010
January 2010
Here are some photos of Dave, Barbie and Dave the milk that was taken on Saturday the 9th and Sunday 10th January 2010.
After receiving a phone call from Mike on Saturday morning telling them that the fish in the club lake were struggling to breath, they went to check. On arrival at the first swim as you walk in, there was a small hole about 2ft square with about a dozen fish obviously in distress, having took some tools and using logs they set about breaking up the ice around every swim, they also had a net to scoop out broken ice to create as much open water as possible.
Unfortunately on walking around the lake they found many dead fish of various sizes, the ones in the photos below being the largest. Mike and Dave went back on Monday morning to break more ice, Mike got the water on Tuesday with his waders to break more ice, if this isn't done every day, the fish have no air to breath. Also helping was Ray, Jim, Dave, Dave & Tony.
Mikes been up there every day doing what he can but seems to be a losing battle. Today (Wednesday) was more dead fish.
The council had sent 4 workers to the Green Lake on Friday to break the Ice around the edges to stop people walking onto the frozen lake but this was a one-off and has never returned to do more. People have been falling into the edge of the lake trying to retrieve their dogs.
Another happier story was of a dog that got lost at 7am, lost and distressed, the dog ended up in the Club Lake. Dave & Tony rescued the dog from the lake, wrapped it in a blanket and called the RSPCA which collected the dog. The owner later saw the group of men working on the lake and asked if they had seen the dog, the men told him what had happened and the man got in touch with the RSPCA to get his dog back. a happy ending.
