Simon, Shane and I managed to complete a bit more of the decking and as you can see it is looking rather splendid (even if we do say so ourselves)…the other big news is that Essex & Suffolk Water have begun to dig to lay the supply pipe in Hardie Road. We...
As we were working on the decking on Saturday (16th Jan) a friend of ours, Dave Edgley of Smartline Electrical was flying his new Christmas toy, a state of the art drone over the park and taking some photos and video. He sent them to us and we have to say we are...
Well, the day has finally arrived that we can announce the news that the NEW SKATEPARK IS GOING AHEAD IN 4 WEEKS! This project was conceived toward the end of 2011, with original designs and plans beggining in 2012, which just goes to prove, YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE UP...
Maybe you’ve heard it once or twice already but Happy New Year… We really do hope that 2016 is a great year for you. I know that for some 2015 has been both good and bad, life seems to have a way of lifting us high then throwing us down again, but hey, that’s life…as...
A slightly meaningful slant on things tonight me thinks… Recently I have begun to notice a certain competition creeping into the language and practice of some very well meaning volunteers in our town and even in our own project. It seems strange to me that...
Did you see what I did there? I dropped the daily bit! Well four straight days was pretty good going I reckon, but now I’m only going to write the blog when something significant has happened. (Mandie, aka Mrs G., never said ‘daily’ anyway she just...
Another scorcher of a day. Today we played host to a local church congregation called Fresh Hope Community who meet at Victoria Road Chapel. They met together for a barbecue, so we put up a few shelters, lit the barbie and had a splendid afternoon. It was great to...
Did I say daily blog? I’m sure I meant weekly… Yes, tonight I’m thinking, “Yay I’ll be in bed before 10:30!” and then I remember that I need to write something about Hardie Park…because I promised I would. So again,...
OK…..so I’m sat here at 11:34pm having watched England dismantle Australia in the Ashes for the second day running whilst thinking I MUST WRITE THE BLOG! So here it is. Tonight however it will be brief, very brief! Today was a gloriously sunny day and...
This is the first day of a daily blog by Rob Groves, Founding Director of Friends of Hardie Park. Before I start typing I must state a few facts: 1. I am saying it’s a daily blog otherwise I will write today’s and not do another for 3 months (actually make...
