Of course, I have heard of blogs before. It’s just that I have never actually read one. As a consequence I am not sure how this is going to turn out. Should it be serious and offer a sense of gravitas or should it be more light hearted and depict the fun associated with Lowndes Park?
Time will tell, and as I understand it, people reading this will be able to feed in comments which I suspect will shape future entries. So already I am trying to get you to do the work and as people who know me well would say, "no change there!"
Clearly the broad subject matter is Lowndes Park, but I am not averse to discussing other parks and their issues and of course as Chair of the Friends, this blog will concentrate on the development of the Friends of Lowndes Park.
The Friends have made great strides since January when we first felt that we needed to set up a group. This was in response to the comments from the Heritage Lottery Fund, who having considered an outline proposal to fund a refurbishment of the park, stated that any bid would not be successful if it did not have an active community group devoted to the park associated with it. ie a Friends group.
As I had worked with a number of Friends’ groups in the course of my career and had lived in Chesham for the last 15 years, a friend working on the bid, suggested that it was time for me to get off my backside and lend a hand.
One of the first targets that I set, was that of a membership of one hundred and one. This was so that we could truthfully say that we had more than a hundred members and begin to sound like a serious organisation.
Currently we are running in the high eighties and what in January seemed impossible now seems very achievable.
This has been entirely due to the people of Chesham who clearly love the park and want to get involved. I have been very fortunate to get the support of some great people and together we are building an organisation that will help to shape the development of the park.
Over the next few months I hope to introduce you to some of these people, and to encourage you to join the Friends of Lowndes Park. (I am not sure if we are allowed to carry out subliminal advertising in a blog – still nothing ventured etc)
What has become clear as our membership has grown, is that people wanted a conduit to enable them to ask questions and make suggestions concerning the park.
One member has raised the issue of the geese which she says are becoming aggressive and she has suffered several nips trying to keep them away from her daughter. Is this your experience? Are there too many and are they becoming a nuisance?
We are looking into this and no doubt will be reporting back soon but I would be interested to hear your views on this or any other aspect of Lowndes Park.
I think I am getting the hang of this blog thing now.
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