Today we strayed outside the park again to Oldknow Gardens

As many local people will know, Friends of the Park have maintained the Lock 17 bed since it was created way back in 2007.

There have been repairs ongoing next to the bed by a CRT contractor for many months and we were keen to get the bed sorted now that they've gone.

We had a good tidy up and mowed around the bed but we were very disappointed to discover what a poor job CRT's contractor has made of tidying up after themselves and how much rubbish they have left behind. We are very surprised CRT accept such slovenliness from their contractors.

We understand the council are meeting with the contractor on Friday and we hope this gets sorted quickly.