Morning Ben - thanks for the update - by the way, I don’t own the sailing club - I’m the Commodore (think Golf Club Captain) - the club is actually owned by the members as shareholders. Most of the vegetation will die off very quickly - it’s the willow samplings that have taken root that need addressing urgently - we’ve already dug about 50 out at the root. I’m back in the UK next week and weather permitting will look to do another flyover video.
Hi Chris, hope the holiday is going well. Ahh, that’s good to know! At least it’s still ran by everybody with the ultimate interest at heart. That’s right mate, the willows are very concerning as they root deeper than most trees in their early stages of setting. The roots will pose a problem for anglers for a while but I’m hoping a lot of it loosens and rises to the surface. Enough so that officials can catch it before it blocks the new outlet system. I’ll keep an eye out for some of your aerial footage Chris. Safe travels buddy,
Great video, Once fish are back in what happens to them when the sluice gates are opened? Shouldn’t there be some mesh on it or are they wise enough to stay away?
Ideally mate the gates should be closed so the res can fill up and give us an idea where the capacity level is. I think it’ll be too high and a scarier thought is that the gates will stay permanently open. Hopefully I’m wrong.
I offered to manage the complex for free meaning a 100% return to the C&RT(owners) and lowered day ticket prices. Embryo have their officials on payroll. It doesn’t take a annual salary to do the work I’ve already done on there and I live very very comfortably without having to take money from the anglers for only half a days fishing. So yes, I’ll do it, but they can put the whole thing in my name first so I can reinstall night fishing across all lakes, drop the costs and scream my demands at promised development ideas 👍🏼
Has the work been signed off ( completed)by all parties involved with this project.* Have you a copy of what work that was scheduled to be carried out and a completion date.
Yep, all finished! And any contractors we see on site now are attending just to tick any final boxes and smooth over rough edges. But yes, as of now the project is 100% complete and no further works are to be carried out.
It’s a mystery mate. But as there’s no fish in the 1st and 2nd lake it’s no detriment to fish life at the minute. But yes, they need closing to allow the water level to rise and help suffocate all the overgrown.
It needs to be refilled in stages. The first stage is to hold at the base concrete level until signed off as safe to progress to the next level. Standard practice when a dam has been left dry for so long
Morning Ben - thanks for the update - by the way, I don’t own the sailing club - I’m the Commodore (think Golf Club Captain) - the club is actually owned by the members as shareholders.
Most of the vegetation will die off very quickly - it’s the willow samplings that have taken root that need addressing urgently - we’ve already dug about 50 out at the root.
I’m back in the UK next week and weather permitting will look to do another flyover video.
Hi Chris, hope the holiday is going well.
Ahh, that’s good to know! At least it’s still ran by everybody with the ultimate interest at heart.
That’s right mate, the willows are very concerning as they root deeper than most trees in their early stages of setting. The roots will pose a problem for anglers for a while but I’m hoping a lot of it loosens and rises to the surface. Enough so that officials can catch it before it blocks the new outlet system.
I’ll keep an eye out for some of your aerial footage Chris.
Safe travels buddy,
Really good vid mate been nice to see harthill come back to life .still shocked they left all greenery in bottom gonna take years to rot .
Very very informative
Glad it’s overflowing might get some compensation water in the canal
It’s definitely due a top up so this rain might just be the drink it’s needs Roy.
Great video, Once fish are back in what happens to them when the sluice gates are opened? Shouldn’t there be some mesh on it or are they wise enough to stay away?
Ideally mate the gates should be closed so the res can fill up and give us an idea where the capacity level is. I think it’ll be too high and a scarier thought is that the gates will stay permanently open.
Hopefully I’m wrong.
Normal feed will come from the valve in the tunnel. The new sluices will only be used in an emergency
Have you thought about approaching embryo for a job on Harthill 😀
I offered to manage the complex for free meaning a 100% return to the C&RT(owners) and lowered day ticket prices. Embryo have their officials on payroll.
It doesn’t take a annual salary to do the work I’ve already done on there and I live very very comfortably without having to take money from the anglers for only half a days fishing.
So yes, I’ll do it, but they can put the whole thing in my name first so I can reinstall night fishing across all lakes, drop the costs and scream my demands at promised development ideas 👍🏼
Has the work been signed off ( completed)by all parties involved with this project.* Have you a copy of what work that was scheduled to be carried out and a completion date.
Yep, all finished! And any contractors we see on site now are attending just to tick any final boxes and smooth over rough edges. But yes, as of now the project is 100% complete and no further works are to be carried out.
Why aren’t the sluice gates closed
It’s a mystery mate. But as there’s no fish in the 1st and 2nd lake it’s no detriment to fish life at the minute.
But yes, they need closing to allow the water level to rise and help suffocate all the overgrown.
It needs to be refilled in stages. The first stage is to hold at the base concrete level until signed off as safe to progress to the next level. Standard practice when a dam has been left dry for so long
OCD in action 🙄
If only!!
Bodge job