21st January 2021 - A Day in the Garden

Thought for the day :"Doctor told me I have to go into hospital to have an operation on my knees. Why can’t I walk like everyone else?"

Expecting another rainy day with Storm Christoph - but woke up late (Susie let the Chickens out this morning and I managed to sleep in - shock horror!)

Took a walk around the Donkey Trail with 'Thena ....

The sun was shining - and it was not too cold - thought eh water level was still high - Susie took to the Troll Bridge Pond - and I had a look at the drainage pipe into the Chicken / Duck fields and the area which was filling with water - a place that we think should be a pond for the ducks in the future...

But first - the Troll Bridge...

Susie has cleared the path down to the lower path

The waterfall from the pathway

The Pathway 

Following the steps

More steps

The start of the pathway 

Clearing the Troll Bridge
Pond dug back to the stone edging 
Lots of mud to be cleared from the water 
(Susie in her favourite pastime - Gardening and Playing with damns!)

The main spring is very muddy today 
water coming from everywhere and not just the natural spring

The lower Quarter 

The drainage pipe into a stream

My supervisor

The "before Picture" - a soggy ground area

A seepage of water from the drains

There is a lot of water flowing into the area

A lot of wood to be still taken away (taking an armful a trip)
but also the stream of drain water 

And a pond shape dug out and filling up quickly

Will probably need more rocks and stones to form a bank 
and may use a pond liner later 
but certainly a pond for future use..

The Troll Bridge / Waterfall

The Troll Pond...

And today I feel quite content with not including any politics into my Blog..

So Cheers !