Standish Guerilla Gardeners

a project to get an old railway track restored so we can use it to walk to the village

BBC North West Tonight

OK - I own up it was me on the BBC so a while but it wasn’t me who puled the plug on the audio!!

One interesting thing is that they approached me, so for anyone who is thinking of doing a bit just do it as Nike would say!

Sooner rather than later someone will take note and appreciate your efforts it just seems that for some bizzare reason I have more people than I ever imagined taking note and appreciating it.

Anyway on a good news front I am being given my own wheelie bin so I can litter pick along the full mile stretch - donated by Wigan Council.  To be fair to Wigan Council they do have there hands tied somewhat with this path simply because of the fact that it isn’t a recongnised and legal footpath so can’t really do anything.  So the donation of a wheelie bin is wicked - rest assured it’s a bigger deal than most would imagine and better than a wheel barrow for picking litter.

And some more good news  I have seedlins coming up already - which is normal for wild flower seeds, they all seems to have taken quite nicely so hopefully next year there will be a bountiful amount of wildflowers.

And finally - the path has been battered with rain since it was laid but I can report that it has remained passable and relatively puddle free - more importantly it drains really really well.

BTW those who want to see the complete story that was aired on North West Tonight you can watch it again at - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7605282.stm 

TTFN

Dave