There's a petition going round against council plans to sell of Manley Gardens pond, which has been a popular spot with Brigg anglers for about 40 years.
We will contact North Lincolnshire Council when they get back to work next week in an effort to find out what's behind this rather unusual move. Authorities are, of course, facing financial cutbacks, meaning any revenues raised from sales of assets will help the public purse in other areas.
This topic has been mentioned to me in a pub, and prompted an email and a phone call in the past couple of days - so clearly it matters to quite a few folk.
We hope to keep you posted, so to speak! Perhaps the Councillors Sherwood, given their very local knowledge of the area, will be able to prompt a speedy reply from the relevant council department.
Got you hooked!
ReplyDeleteCausing a few ripples, eh, Old Nige?
The situation seems a bit fluid at the moment, so I will bank on you to keep us in the flow of things.
And now the edification bit....
Just by coincidence, I was listening to Radio 4 and someone was asking what the difference was between a lake and a pond.
By definition, a pond is fed by groundwater - ie rain run-off and water table.
A lake is fed by a stream and is part of a flowing water course.
A pond can be larger than the area of a lake, but unless it is fed by a stream, it remains technically a pond.
Learn this and questions will be set for homework.