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The barmy hot weather usually brings out the dogs, but it’s a bit of a novelty at Rattlechain lagoon, though I was once told that one had “drowned” in the pool after gaining access to the site a few years … Continue reading →

I don’t have much sympathy for the fools who keep drowning in lakes and rivers during the hot weather after going out swimming. After the event there is usually the outcry that it is somebody elses fault and call for drastic measures like … Continue reading →

HOW DO THOSE DUTCH BLOKES PULL SO MANY BRITISH BIRDS? No not that lot I’m talking about Goldmember and Gullit.  Loads of seagulls- they must think the seaside has come to town with the arrival of all the sand- just … Continue reading →

 I did have a laugh at the desperation of Rhodia/Environmental Resources Management in tonights Excess and Klaar to flog their Cappenslaag. A papier maché of the local rag would have worked out much cheaper in covering the wretched contaminated hole- … Continue reading →

Let’s take a little journey. It’ll only take a while.             How exhausting that was. This week has seen the convoy of trucks dispensing sand at the lagoon reaching epidemic proportions. Sometimes 3 at a … Continue reading →

It is clear that although the fire operation may be drawing to a close, the environmental one will continue for many days. Yesterday the Environment Agency were out in force along the Old mainline canal near Brasshouse Lane. Water was … Continue reading →

  It seems that there is never a week goes by without some recycling centre fire. In the West Midlands area, we seem to have a locust infestation of these wretched places, all part of the great green recycling con … Continue reading →

The stitching is complete, the cappenslaag has covered the lagoon and now there is just the issue of sinking it.   At first “The H team” looked a bit baffled, or was this a company promo job?   Bonaparte attempted … Continue reading →

After yesterdays antics, the Heyrmans have taken a leaf out of the Wimbledon court staff’s rain cover techniques.   Mini member acting as the puller and the section of suction pipe utilised as the attachment to pull the sewn up … Continue reading →

And so the long muted “cappenslaag” or geotextile membrane has reached its destination at Rattlechain lagoon. After the phoney dredging operation which removed weed but little else from the smaller lagoon, we now have the world’s biggest bin liner unfolding … Continue reading →