Latest Fleet Pond Society News
July 19th 2010 : Nick Keeley's sponsored ride completed
Nick has returned triumphantly, fitter, but probably a little sore from his epic 500 mile sponsored cycle ride from Fleet to Liverpool and back.
You can still read all his daily updates on the Fleet Pond Society blog and it's not to late to sponsor him at www.charitygiving.co.uk/nickkeeley.
July 11th 2010 : Nick Keeley's sponsored ride update
Nick has reached Liverpool and, after a well deserved rest day, will be starting his return leg shortly.
You can follow his daily updates on the Fleet Pond Society blog and sponsor him at www.charitygiving.co.uk/nickkeeley.
July 10th 2010 : Fleet Pond Society take top honours at Carnival!
Fleet Pond Society's float took victory in Class 2 of the Float competition at the 2010 Fleet Carnival.
This year the float celebrated the pastime of fishing.
As you can see, the famous monk outfits got another outing - Very fetching!
July 8th 2010 : Nick Keeley's sponsored ride update
Fleet Pond Society Treasurer, Nick Keeley, is well into his 500 mile sponsored ride in aid of the Clearwater Campaign.
The map below shows his progress so far (Purple is completed up to day 3, red is day 4 which was yesterday).
You can follow his daily updates on the Fleet Pond Society blog and sponsor him at at www.charitygiving.co.uk/nickkeeley.
July 4th 2010 : Nick Keeley starts sponsored ride
On Sunday 4th July 2010, Fleet Pond Society Treasurer, Nick Keeley, set off from Fleet to cycle 500 miles to Liverpool and back to raise money for Fleet Pond’s Clearwater Campaign.
The Clearwater Campaign is vital to the future of Fleet Pond, if we are to prevent it losing its status as SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) or even disappearing completely due to the increasingly serious silting.
To follow Nick’s progress on his marathon journey, visit the Fleet Pond Society blog where the story of his ride will be updated daily from Sunday evening.
Please help us to safeguard the future of Fleet Pond by donating online at www.charitygiving.co.uk/nickkeeley
July 3rd 2010 : More cattle at Fleet Pond
We have even more cattle grazing at Fleet Pond now!
They are Belted Galloway's called Knickerbocker (the largest), Malcolm (has a white back leg) and Macadamia (the other small one).
Knickerbocker is apparently very used to people and following the bucket etc, but the other two are slightly less used to people, so they should be approached with a bit more care (but they shouldn't cause any problems!)
The people at Miller's Ark Farm (where they come from) would like to get these two more used to people so it will do them some good to be approached!
June 11th 2010 : Cattle back at Fleet Pond
As in previous years, we've cattle back grazing the heathland at Fleet Pond.
Their names are Mirror (tag number 191), Milo (196) and Maltloaf (197).
They are hard to tell apart as they are all quite similar in markings!
There are also two cows on nearby Elvetham Heath - the white one is Imogen and the red one is Hetti.
June 5th 2010 : New Jetty 'launched'
On the 30th May a small ceremony took place to 'officially' hand the new jetty over to Fleet Pond Society.
A group of volunteers (self dubbed "The Last of the Summer Wine") had built the new jetty, which will make it much easier to launch the Society's and Ranger's boats.
As well as the wooden jetty, a ramp has been built to allow the society's tractors to reverse the boats into the water on their trailer.
To celebrate, a number of people took short trips out on the Pond.
And finally, a shot showing what hard, mucky work it was.
Well done and thanks to all involved.
June 1st 2010 : Sponsored Ride in aid of the Clearwater Campaign
To support our Clearwater campaign, our new treasurer, Nick Keeley plans to have a break from counting money and try to raise some instead. In July or August, depending on the weather, he plans to cycle from Fleet to Liverpool and back, a round trip of about 500 miles in two weeks. Please, therefore, sponsor him, if you have not already done so. .
You can sponsor Nick at http://www.charitygiving.co.uk/nickkeeley .
If you are a UK taxpayer and fill in the Gift Aid declaration a few more pounds can be reclaimed by us from the tax authorities. This is by far the best way for the Society, as it saves us having to write to people to collect your sponsorship after the ride.
Alternatively, you can send a cheque, payable to Fleet Pond Society together with your email address. Send it to Nick Keeley, 12 Chestnut Grove, Fleet, GU51 3LW.
Your cheque will not be cashed until after the ride and will be returned if the ride does not take place. Your email address will enable him to let you know how the ride goes.
As he will be riding alone, paying for his own accommodation and food, carrying all his clothing in two panniers on the bike, he doesn’t need any back-up vehicles, so all money raised will go to the Clearwater campaign.
He plans to go to Liverpool via Reading, Bicester, Banbury, Leamington Spa, Lichfield, then up the Trent Valley, over to Cheshire and by ferry across the Mersey to Liverpool. He will then spend a day or so resting and visiting family. He will ride back through Cheshire to Ironbridge, Evesham, the Cotswolds and finally back to Fleet. We plan to give a day-by-day update of his ride as it happens on the Fleet Pond Society blog (accessed via the links page of this site). So check out our blog early in July to see how he’s getting on.
May 16th 2010 : International Biodiversity day 22nd May at Fleet Pond
We've got a fantastic, free event for the public to celebrate International Biodiversity Day on 22 May. It's in conjuction with the national, Lottery-funded OPAL Project and will be an exciting 'hands on event'. The many and varied groups attending will be showing visitors what they do to help look after the environment. We hope this will inspire more people to enjoy and care about their local environment.
There will be activities to enjoy from Fleet Pond Society, Hart District Council Rangers, the Environment Agency, Imperial College, University College London, Hampshire Wildlife Trust, Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership, Fleet to Aldershot Wildlife Watch, the Friends of Brickfields Country Park, Hampshire Ornithological Society, Butterfly Conservation and the RSPB.
Activities are centred around the PIcnic Area but there's also stuff to do at Sandy Bay and Boathouse Corner. At 2pm there will be a guided walk from the main car park in which visitors can find out about the exciting happenings at the Pond over the past thousand years.
The event runs from 11am to 4pm at Fleet Pond Nature Reserve which is next to Fleet's mainline station and 5mins from Junction 4a of the M3. The reserve centres around Hampshire's largest freshwater lake which has important reedbeds, marshes as well as lowland dry heathland.
Download the event poster here
April 20th 2010 : Major event at the Pond on 22 May
Fleet Pond Society and the Lottery-funded OPAL project (www.OPALexplorenature.org) is co-organising a local event at the Pond to celebrate International Biodiversity Day in this UN International Year of Biodiversity. Quite a coup for us. Hopefully we'll be able to get lot's of local groups there too. We intend this to be an exciting 'hands on event'. It will give everyone a chance to explain what they do and inspire more people to enjoy and care about their local environment. We'd expect to attract several hundred people and families to the event.
Any local groups are welcome to do something at this event. We're looking for hands on stuff but if they just want to come along and explain what you do and sell a few wares then that would be good too. And most of all - bring their chums as there will be lots for everyone to do. We'd be grateful if people could display and/or pass our poster around too. If they can think of any other groups who might want to come along, please ask them on our behalf.
The event will run 11:00 to 16:00 at Fleet Pond Nature Reserve (www.fleetpondsociety.co.uk and http://fleetpond.wordpress.com/) which is next to Fleet's mainline station and 5mins from Junction 4a of the M3. The reserve centres around Hampshire's largest freshwater lake which has important reedbeds, marshes as well as lowland dry heathland. It's quite a coup to get the £12m Lottery-funded project OPAL down to Hampshire - usually their annual event is in the Royal Parks!
We've asked EA if they could do some fishing-related biodiversity stuff and NE something related to the Thames Basin Heaths. The OPAL Air and Water Centres will be there. We will have a professional photographer with us from 1.30 to 2.30. So you may end up on OPAL's website or annual report!
Please contact colin@fleetpondsociety.co.uk or 01252 616183 if you're a group who'd like to come along
January 28th 2010 : Young Person of the Year 2009
Richard Bennett, a Fleet Pond Society volunteer was nominated for the Young Person of the Year award organised by Fleet Festivities Partnership and funded as joint project with Hart District Council Community and Partnerships and Hart Youth Partnership.
All at Fleet Pond Society were delighted when he won.
Richard is pictured receiving his award—in the snow—from Sharyn Wheale whilst he was on university holiday over the new year, also pictured are Colin Gray,Geoff Dee & Cathy Holden.
January 26th 2010 : Fleet Pond Society Christmas Card competition
Fleet Pond Society is running a competition to find photographs that will be printed as Christmas cards and sold in order to raise funds for the society.
The winners will be credited on the cards and will receive a free pack of Fleet Pond Society Christmas cards as their prize.
The photographs can have been taken in previous years, and must be of Fleet Pond Nature Reserve.
The entry fee is £3:00 per person.
Please contact Vicki Jull on vickijull@ntlworld.com for further information or download the entry form here.
January 20th 2010 : Fleet Pond Society Curry evening a big success
A packed Gulshan restaurant enjoyed excellent food and hospitality in aid of the Carnival Bridge replacement.
A big thank you to all at the restaurant and those of you who came along.
There's still plenty of money to be raised, though, so feel free to send contributions (or purchase FPS clothing)!
December 29th 2009 : Fleet Pond Society article in Hampshire Life Magazine
The January 2010 issue of Hampshire Life magazine includes an article on Fleet Pond Society and its work.
You can see a larger extract of the article here or buy the magazine!
December 3rd 2009 : Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Fleet Pond Society will take place at 7.15pm on Saturday 20th February 2010 at the St. P & J Church Hall, Kings Road, Fleet.
We would like to encourage Members to attend, as this is your opportunity to put questions to the Executive Committee and to share your views on the future of Fleet Pond Nature Reserve.
Nominations are required for the election of Officers and Members to the Executive Committee.
For more information - Download this document
November 1st 2009 : Bats for Halloween
Just to prove we at FPS are in the Halloween mood, we put up eight bat boxes recently, in the wood just west of the Green.
We are hoping to provide roosts for Brown long-eared bats, Pipistrelles and who knows what else?
October 21st 2009 : Join us for a Curry for Carnival Bridge
The Pond Society invite you to the hottest event of the year at the Gulshan restaurant in Fleet, at 7.30pm on 19 January, 2010.
We will be served a sumptuous meal of starters, mains, naans and rice chosen specially for us by Mr Chowdhury.
And if you're still hungry when you've finished what's been served - then just ask for some more! You can have as much as you like. There'll plenty for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike.
The event is to help raise money for replacing Carnival Bridge and for us all to have a great night out.
Tickets are £15 in advance. So blow away those winter blues, invite your friends and contact Jim Storey for your tickets.
Contact him on 647650 or jim.storey17@ntlworld.com. They're going fast!
August 10th 2009 : Dog attacks at Fleet Pond
Fleet Pond Society was recently informed about a large dog that has been attacking other dogs, even when held on a lead.
The owner had been unable to exercise adequate control.
The issue became much more serious when one dog received serious lacerations following an attack.
Both Hart District Council and our local police have been informed, have spoken to the owner and are working with the owner towards a solution. Their first inclination was to have the dog destroyed but do try to avoid such extreme measures if it is felt there are acceptable alternatives. Training of both owner and dog is being tried and results will determine future action.
If you should experience any incidents of dogs with aggressive behaviour or attacking other dogs or wildlife, please report such incidents to the police.
Please give as accurate a description as possible of the owner.
July 19th 2009 : Cattle at Fleet Pond
In an ongoing natural grazing project, Alexandra and Hyacinth are this year at Fleet Pond - You may see them grazing in the fields around the Pond on your travels.
July 11th 2009 : Fleet Pond Society at the Fleet Carnival
FPS Members were out in the Fleet Carnival procession today.
The theme was Food and so, in honour of the Pond's origin as as fishery for the Bishop of Winchester, they dressed as Monks to collect money for charity and dole out sweets to the children.
Their efforts scooped a 3rd prize in the Private Entrants category.
They then went on to celebrate their success in a manner I'm sure the Bishop wouldn't have approved of!
June 24th 2009 : Heritage on your doorstep event - September 12th
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Fleet and Crookham have a fascinating history that may not be obvious at first glance, and a display at Fleet Library on 12 September will show how the area has developed from Roman times through the 18th, 19th and 20th Centuries to the place we live in today. The event is part of the Heritage Open Days, England’s biggest voluntary cultural event, and takes place on Saturday 12 September at Fleet Library from 9.30am until 4.30pm. Activities include fascinating display materials, a children's quiz and a mini town trail. |
Three popular local interest groups – Fleet & Church Crookham Society, Fleet & Crookham Local History Group and Fleet Pond Society – have combined their knowledge to put the event together. Gillian Wain, representing the three groups, said, “Heritage Open Days celebrates England's fantastic architecture and culture at events across the country. Our display at the library and our mini Fleet town trail will show the changes that Fleet, Church Crookham and Crookham have seen over the centuries, and should prove very interesting. Come along and discover the heritage on your doorstep!”
Heritage Open Days is England’s biggest voluntary cultural event. More than 3,500 historic and unusual buildings open their doors to the public for free and put on tours and events during the second weekend in September. 90 per cent of the population live within 30 minutes of a Heritage Open Days event. More information is available from www.heritageopendays.org.uk.
For more information about the event please email us
May 28th 2009 : Lynx, Lucas and Lego at Fleet Pond.
Here are pictures of Lynx, Lego and Lucas who arrived on Wood Lane Heath yesterday.
They obviously love having their photo taken and are standing in order of their names for role call! They are young males and full of energy, so will be brilliant at grazing the wet heath.
April 28th 2009 : NEW BOOKLET: FLEET POND SOCIETY - THE FIRST 30 YEARS by Society President Peter Martin.
As you may have seen from local newspapers, the above booklet has now been printed and is available from
Peter Martin 17 Longmead,
Fleet, Hampshire.
GU52 7TX
(Tel: 01252 684828)
at £3 per copy (add £1 if you want it posted).
In order to avoid using Society funds, which are raised to help protect and enhance Fleet Pond Nature Reserve, the printing costs were raised by sponsorship and special thanks are due to the following:
- Waitrose Fleet Branch
- The Rotary Club of Fleet
- The Rotary Club of Hart
- Hart District Council
- Saunders, Wood & Co - Accountants (www.saunders-wood.co.uk)
- W. C. Baker & Son (Hardware suppliers in Fleet for 100 years)
- TM Roofing & Building Contractors (Tel: 01252 851719)
- Roy Hewett (Member of Fleet Pond Society)
The booklet begins with a Foreword by the Society’s Patron, Chris Packham.
The booklet is a “must have” for all who have supported the efforts of the Society over many years and would like a reminder of its achievements. For newer Members, it will help to paint a picture of what our volunteers have done. It deals with the reasons for forming the Society, what happened in the early years, how the footpaths were constructed, the installation of the bridges and landing stage, pollution incidents, wildlife rescues, voluntary wardening, fire fighting, fund raising, the Twinning and the conservation working parties. It is not only a historical record of what the Society has accomplished; it is a tribute to all that the volunteers have done to make sure that the flora and fauna within the Reserve is protected, whilst still providing an area for quiet enjoyment for local residents.
All monies received from sales will go into the Society’s funds for the protection and enhancement of Fleet Pond Nature Reserve.
April 8th 2009 : Upgrades to the footpaths
Good news for walkers at Fleet Pond.
The Fleet Pond Society have £1,000 to spend on the footpath from Gelvert Bridge to the Coldstream end of the Sandy Bay boardwalk. Colin will need to write a cheque for the supplier as soon as this award cheque arrives.
We are hoping there will be enough material to continue the path to the first rise up onto the upper Sandhills path.
January 25th 2009 : Fleet Pond Society AGM and Garden Party
The AGM will take place on 21st February, 2009 at SS Philip’s & James’s Church Hall, Kings Road, Fleet at 7:15PM.
As well as the AGM, the 2008 Photographic Competition awards will be presented and the entries displayed.
And.. a little later in the year, but one for your diary, the Fleet Pond Society Garden Party will take place on Saturday 13th June 2009 between 11.00am to 4.00pm at Grasmere, 35 Chestnut Grove, Fleet.
Lots of bargains, plant stall, cake stall, bric-a-brac and games for kids of all ages.
All are welcome—so come along, enjoy the day and help us raise funds for the pond.
September 20th 2008 : Fleet Pond Blog
Not that new, but we have just added a link to the Fleet Pond Blog to the site.
You can find the blog at http://fleetpond.wordpress.com/.
July 23rd 2008 : Air Ambulance lands at Fleet Pond
Colin Gray had a close encounter at Fleet Pond.
Excitement at the pond this morning around 11.30 a.m. I was out inspecting the work site for the employee volunteers visit on 30th July when a helicopter arrived flying lower and lower. The pilot tried to land on Fugelmere Marsh but wisely gave up the attempt and landed at Sandy Bay. Three paramedics disembarked in a hurry and the leading one asked me where they could find Kenilworth Road. Off they dashed followed quickly by the pilot.
Later I met them coming back and there was an ambulance and a paramedic car at the junction with Westover and Fugelmere. Three green-clothed paramedics asked me where the helicopter had landed and rushed of after them. I was not told what the problem was but it was obviously pretty urgent.
June 23rd 2008 : Cattle at Fleet Pond
Once again there are cattle grazing at Fleet Pond as part of the natural management project.
We now have two Belted Galloways at Wood Lane Heath!
They are Murray (the black and white one), who was with the girls at Elvetham Heath last year, and then joined the boys at the end of the summer when Foot and Mouth meant he
couldn't go back to the farm.
His girl friend is Jessie (the dun one) and he is very interested in her indeed, so we may have a Fleet Pond conceived calf to boast about next year!
April 6th 2008 : Snow at Fleet Pond
Snow in our part of England is unusual these days and to have enough to settle is even more so.
We woke up this morning to see a covering of snow in our garden, so I nipped down to the Pond and took some photos.
The water obviously kept the temperatures up a little, as the snow was thinner on the ground around the pond, but the trees were heavy with snow and there were plenty of people out enjoying the beautiful scenery that the snow produced.
November 2007 : Fleet Pond Restoration Programme
Hart District Council has employed contractors ENTEC to draft a Framework Project for the restoration of Fleet Pond - Read the full report here.
July 2007 : KAY NEWBY BOOKLET ON FOX CUB FOSTERING
Kay Newby has put together all her experiences with fostering and feeding foxes into a little book.
There are some good photos in it and the story would appeal to anyone who welcomes foxes to their gardens or just likes them. It sells for £1 a copy with funds going to FPS.
Contact Barbara Martin if you are interested in a copy.
June 2007 : LIONS JOIN THE ACTION IN THE RAIN
Despite steady rain all morning, a team of twelve volunteers, including four Fleet Lions, joined the Path Patch task at Fleet Pond on 13th May. Dripping but unbowed the team repaired breaches in the Gelvert Stream banks that threatened to erode the footpath.
Once more the newly acquired tractor proved it was up to the task and moved four trailer loads of sand from Sandy Bay to fill in the gaps, faced with willow poles interwoven with willow and holly saplings. It is hoped that the willow will root to consolidate the repairs.
This was the first time that Fleet Lions had had the opportunity to meet the tractor, for which they had helped to raise funds, and to see it in action. They had been unable to attend the launch ceremony back in March. Jim Storey, Fleet Lion team leader, said: “The tractor and tipping trailer was a great help to our work. We all looked like Water Voles at the end of the day, but we had a lot of fun.”
This was the second of two tasks under the banner ACTION EARTH organised by Community Service Volunteers, Environment, and sponsored by Morrisons’ Supermarkets. This is an annual event and Fleet Pond Society volunteers are regular participants. Society chairman, Colin Gray said: “CSV is the UK’s leading volunteer organisation and we are pleased to support their efforts to encourage local people to take an active part in volunteering activities which bring benefits to the local community.”
Details of activities under the Action Earth banner can be found at www.csv.org.uk and for more information about Fleet Pond and the Society contact Colin Gray at colin@fleetpondsociety.co.uk or visit the website www.fleetpondsociety.co.uk
May 2007 : Hartford Park, Pyestock.
Members who attended the AGM will recall that I mentioned that a new planning application was pending for redevelopment of the old NGTE site at Pyestock. The Developers, Prudential Properties Investment Management, wish to redevelop the site as a major warehousing and distribution facility, which would mean a large number of HGV movements daily, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The developer suggests this might be some 600 per day but research by the campaign group Stop Pyestock Blot – Act Now (SPLAT) have estimated a figure more like 1,500. Whatever figure is nearer the truth it is a lot of HGVs moving between the M3 and Pyestock and probably even more, smaller vans and lorries distributing goods via local roads.
Local residents are concerned at the level of light pollution, noise and air pollution that is likely to be generated by this site, and about road congestion and the overall impact on our local environment should the application be approved. It is currently being assessed by Hart District Council under planning application reference 07/00764/MAJOR and full details can be found by visiting the Hart DC website www.hart.gov.uk and following links to planning online.
I would strongly recommend that you look at this application and make your views known to the Council either by letter, e-mail or using the website facility.
Fleet Pond Society has discussed this application at the Executive Committee and at the AGM. The Society must assess the potential impact on the nature reserve and the wildlife to which it gives sanctuary. In this respect we lodged concerns at potential impacts of light pollution from a 24 hour operation, potential noise levels and expressed concern that strong measures must be taken to ensure that no vehicle washing materials or oils spills could escape the site into the streams and ditches on adjacent land that might find its way into Fleet Pond or Cove Brook.
We felt that potential impacts on traffic and local residents would be best addressed by SPLAT, Fleet & Crookham Civic Society and the residents themselves. It is a fact that a large number of letters has a greater influence on the Council decision than one letter from one organisation.
Please do look at this application and make your own views known. Letters count.
April 2007 : BAMBOO BASH AT BROOKLY STREAM
The newly acquired tractor and trailer for Fleet Pond’s volunteer force proved its value when volunteers tackled a large spread of bamboo that was threatening to take over the bank of the Brookly Stream. Three trailer loads of cut bamboo stems and roots were ferried back to the workshop for disposal when volunteers took part in the first of two projects of 2007 under the Action Earth banner. Action Earth is a country-wide scheme organised by Community Service Volunteers and sponsored in 2007 by Morrison’s supermarkets. The scheme encourages groups to attract volunteers to help in community projects and modest financial grants are available to help with essential tools and materials.
Twelve volunteers donned wellies and wielded loppers, spades and mattocks to tackle the dense bamboo thicket and dig out the tough roots. Leader Dave Buckler said: “If we had not had the tractor we would have had the task of carrying large bundles of bamboo away from the site by hand. The stream runs along the rear of several private gardens and burning on site was not an option. We always have to think of the neighbours when bonfires might otherwise solve a problem of disposal.”
April 2007 : TRACTOR LAUNCH AT FLEET POND.
Donors and benefactors gathered at Hart Countryside Workshop in Fleet to launch the Kubota 1410 tractor purchased for use by volunteers and the rangers at the Fleet Pond nature reserve. The purchase of the two-year old Kubota and a brand new trailer was made possible by a £3,000 grant from the Rushmoor Borough Council/ TAG Farnborough Airport Ltd Environment Fund, £1,000 from the Cayo Foundation arranged by James Arbuthnot MP, £250 donated by Fleet Lions and £540 from Fleet Pond Society Funds.
A further £10,000 from the Environment Fund will be used to fund preparatory work for the Restoration Programme for Fleet Pond.
Roger Walker, Director of Operations at TAG, said “We are delighted that the Environment Fund is being used for active environmental improvements and support for voluntary effort in the community. It is rewarding to see first hand how the fund is being used.” Roger, dressed for the office rather than the outdoors, declined the offer to drive the tractor but James Arbuthnot took a turn at the wheel and declared it: “Definitely fit for purpose.” Councillor Paul Einchcomb, Hart’s portfolio holder for the Countryside, also took a spin round the workshop yard. Paul said: “Hart Council welcomes the positive co-operation between the Countryside Service and Fleet Pond Society that has helped to bring together funding for a machine that will serve both organisations well in their activities at Fleet Pond.”
Attending the launch with Roger, James and Paul were Elaine Turner, TAG Events Manager, Councillor Sue Fisher, Pondtail Ward councillor and Steve Lyons, Hart Ranger. The launch and the refreshments that followed were organised by Fleet Pond Society. Society committee and members present were Colin Gray, Chairman, and Mavis Gray, Barbara Martin, Events Organiser, and her husband Society founder member, Peter, and Vicki Jull and former Chairman David Jones and his wife Joan. Colin said: “We wanted to thank all those whose contributions had made it possible to provide a reliable all-terrain transport for all the tools and equipment our volunteers need in their management tasks at Fleet Pond. This small tractor answers our prayers and we are very grateful. We welcome the support of the Countryside Service and look forward to sharing this excellent little tractor with them.”
February 2007 : New Tractor Arrives
Here are a couple of pictures of the replacement tractor arriving at the Workshop, its new home.
It’s a Kubota 1410 and replaces our old and venerable Yanmar.
Purchase of this more modern machine and a brand new, tipping trailer was made possible by generous contributions from Rushmoor Borough Council Environment Fund, The Cayo Foundation and Fleet Lions.