This is the week where it goes absolutely mad.

It really does feel like it would become a jungle if we just left it, which is no good for anybody except the David Bellamy types.

The thought of all those bugs going up my trousers and down my top gets my spine tingling, and not in a good way. Which is why we need the path cut back to about two to three metres.

Wildflowers are popping up everywhere.

It has finally started to dry out and some good news with the blocked culvert.

After months and months of wringing our hands and wondering what to do, we finally managed to get the water to go into the drain on the western side and carry on along the brook where it is supposed to go.

This means that the bog will finally drain and the 800 metres of water that goes down the path can now go three metres across the path and be gone.

Hopefully, no more of this.

This really works against one of our three core values – A Path For Everyone. As I am sure you can imagine, anyone on a mobility scooter, a pushchair user, or someone not particularly steady on their feet is going to struggle massively here.

What we really need is the culvert under the ground being replaced with a 60 cm tube, but for now hopefully the inconvenience of all the water going down the path has stopped..

We also litter picked from Berrybanks to the bird feeder bench.

Loads of empty cans and stuff around a picnic bench tells me someone is having a good time!!

Lastly, we had a visit from Dan from the BBC. He was keen to interview us and get a little bit of our back-story.

It’s all very exciting, but I’m going to hold back until the thing drops and then kinda blog the whole event.

Here’s our YouTube of the section pushed back today.

Next week we are back at Potford Dam doing the same.

Until then!

Paul