Vera’s bottom has now been covered with a skirt and chipping, looks quite tidy now, if I say so myself😜

Maybe a little OTT but I decided to upgrade my outdoor conference furniture with a camo makeover 👨🏼‍🎨

Only three more to do now.

Many, many thanks to the workforce of IMMI who kindly donated there time as part of their community program to come and work on the reserve. A group of 10 did some fine work painting the portacabin and putting clippings down. They all worked hard and made a great contribution, they even provided fish and chips, what stars.

Many thanks to Norman and crew (Morpeth Window Company) who are currently doing the refitting of the old Appleby bookshop. They allowed us in to take a load of stuff from the old shop. Tons of shelving, carpet, fire extinguishers, mirrors, and more.

The aftermath after I had scavenged the carpet tiles in Appleby.

Some of the booty collected from Applebys.

Quite happy with my conversion of works sign to owl box, came out OK. Now I have to work out how to get it up onto the portacabin roof as it weighs a ton!

An unexpected visitor to Vera’s shed, a Horn Tailed Wasp! It was about 5cm long and looked a mean old beastie, first time I’ve seen one.

Well eventually Vera’s Shed is up, if not completed yet, another milestone at Clarks Bog.

Thanks to a real excavator driver and a little help from my friends we now have Pond 1 up and running. We only got really going on Sunday so I am pleasantly surprised that we have a nice little pond by Tuesday.

Steve and Matty made a difference today down on the reserve. We put in field drainage at the rear of the classroom, did a little landscaping, and made great strides with the smaller pond. Saved me a lot of hand digging, so useful to have a pro on the digger, well done Steve.​

We’ve made the final join for our classroom so everything is stitched together securely now and hopefully watertight.