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Near Miss

One of our new bridges was very lucky to survive a near miss in the February high winds. A large tree got blown down landing just a short distance from the bridge rails. Several other trees got blown down and

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Swans

This year there are three swans on the lake. One got stuck on the ice so was rescued and taken to a swan sanctuary to recover. It was then released. Three cygnets were born which looked beautiful on the lake

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Pollution

The reed beds at the top of the lake near the golf course have been suffering from water pollution from misconnection of waste water pipes from local houses. Thames Water is on to this and is taking measures to find

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Trees

The Friends applied to the Woodland Trust and have given us 102 young trees. Most of them were planted in the spring by FOGP but unfortunately some were vandalised. The rest were kept safe through the summer and will be

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Tennis Courts

After efforts by the FOGP the LBE replaced the damaged wire fences around the tennis courts with new fencing last year and this year they resurfaced the courts so that they were ready for use when Wimbledon came around. They

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