What a difference a week makes!

Wow! Just look at our pond now!!!!!

Only a week ago the digger and dumpers were in and out all day, the water was so full of silt and the harbour went brown - what a difference.

Many thanks to Cornwall Council and the guys who carried out the work.

Now it's up to all of us to make the most of the pond. So if you've got a boat, please bring it up on Good Friday and put it in the water!

Good Friday morning there will be refreshments in the chapel, a cake stall and display about the pond -Past, Present and Future.

You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs!

What a fantastic job the Cornwall Council lads are doing!

Three days-in and their really moving ahead, the work should be completed by Friday 12th February.

Preserving the long-held tradition of sailing boats on Consols Pond on Good Friday, has always been one of the main objectives of the Consols Pond Association, everything now appears to be on schedule for 2nd April.

Have you seen the pond!

Take a good look at the image to the right; other than in photographs it will hopefully never look like this again!

Yes, finally the pond clearance is underway, and what a fantastic job the Cornwall Council lads are doing. With just over seven weeks to go to Good Friday - it all looks very positive.

So, if you have a model boat, preferably the traditional sailing boat, please get it out now and dust it off ready for the big day!!!

Pictures of the clearance in progress will be uploaded to this blog later this week.

Fund Raising Event

Our talk and slide show 'Colourful St Ives in the 1950s' presented by Brian Stevens - raised £165 so that will help to swell the coffers. The slides which had been donated to the St Ives Museum were wonderful and showed the St Ives of my childhood. I wasn't actually born in the 1950s you understand, but throughout the years that I was growing up that was pretty much the way it looked.

So a very big 'Thank You' to Brian from myself and the Consols Pond Association Committee, your help and support is much appreciated.

More fund raising events to come in the not to distant future.

WATCH THIS SPACE!

Ok - So I'm Over-Enthusiastic!

The timing of the approval that was needed to carry out the clearance of the pond, has meant that Cornwall Council have now said that work will begin on Monday 8th February - that's Feast Day in St Ives. Although this is a slight set-back, it does mean that by this time in two weeks the pond should be clear of weed, silt and gravel. This means that the Good Friday boat sailing will be able to go ahead this year (2010). It also means that, subject to the funding application being successful, other plans for the pond should be able to go ahead before the summer.

Fund raising will continue - Don't forget Brian Stevens - Talk and Slide show on Monday 1st Feb. Details of which can be found in previous posts.

Real progress at last! Approval has been granted by the Environment Agency for the mega clearance work in the pond to be carried out. Cornwall Council are now coordinating their workforce and the digger contractor to confirm the exact date that the work will start. It is hoped that the work will begin next week (w/b 1st February).

An announcement will be made at the Talk and Slide show event taking place next Monday, (see details in previous blog) and an update will appear on this blog as soon as the confirmation has been received.

Exciting stuff!!!

Update on Pond Clearance

Model Boats in Consols Pond on Good Friday 2010?

Well it certainly appears much more hopeful now.

It looks as though the clearance of Consols Pond will begin on Monday 1st February. Cornwall Council is expecting to get the go-ahead from the Environment Agency on Friday 22nd January. Once the Approval has been received, the Council can instruct their workforce and the plant contractor (who unfortunately needs at least two days notice) this means that nothing would start until the middle of next week, it has therefore been decided that it would be best to begin work on the 1st February.

All-being-well, Consols Pond Association will be able to announce that work has indeed begun, at their fundraising event on the evening of the 1st February. The details of this event can be viewed in one of the earlier postings. Hopefully, the pond will never again look like it does in the picture above, which was taken in August 2009.

So, get your sailing boats ready, it looks as though the water will be beckoning for the traditional Good Friday event!