Bikes and Works on the Millennium Green

Yes it’s actually started; the contractors who are replacing White Bridge are on site. They will be working from the Industrial Estate end of the Track. The first job is to gently move the water voles on so you’ll see them strimming the banks, which is done under licence and with ecologists on hand. Next the stone will be brought in for the riffle that will replace the sluice under White Bridge. The riffle makes it possible for eels and other water animals to pass upstream which they haven’t been able to do for many years because of the steep-sided sluice, and it will also make a pleasant amenity for people using the Green. After that the old bridge will be removed and the new one finally brought in.

 

You might have met some strange and wonderful bikes on the Green in the last month. They are adapted for accompanied disabled riding and are having some trial runs for a project which will be starting in the summer in 2025 with regular mornings on the Green.  You or someone you know – through personal contact, or whatever group you work or volunteer with – might love to be a BANS client or to volunteer to do some support riding. Contact Bike Active North Suffolk on  bansuffolk@gmail.com for more information.

 

This is the month of haymaking in the meadows on the Holton Road side of the White Bridge. We meet at 9.30 at Arthur’s Wood – that’s down the little track next to the railway bridge on Quay Street – and everyone is enormously welcome. If we don’t do this old-fashioned and enjoyable job the smaller, rarer flowers and plants are overcome by scrub growth, so haymaking helps to maintain the wonderful variety of flowers and wildlife on the Millennium Green.

 

The Green has an active and cheerful volunteer body helping with work-parties, planning events, keeping on top of the finance, running the special projects that crop up. Come and be part of it all. Have a browse on www.millenniumgreen.halesworth.net   and contact the Green at thegreen@halesworth.net