Dear Friends of Ruislip Lido

I would like to take this opportunity to thank those of you who litter-pick at the Lido. It is a great help in keeping the place tidy.

Just a quick update on recent events :-

The splash pad was opened but due to an electrical fault only ran for a short time. This has now been sorted and is working perfectly well.

We have made our feelings felt about the water level in the Lido. The level was dropped just when the frogs were spawning, leaving frog spawn and millions of tadpoles to die. This is the second time it has happened in three years. This has a disastrous effect on the food chain for all of the creatures who rely on them for food. The frog stock will take some years to recover.

The additional benches on the beach in the splash pad area have been a great success.

Work has started on the bridge at the far end of the Lido. It will take some time to finish but with the Woodland volunteers and ourselves helping Sean, Derek and John we will get there.

Sean, the Lido Ranger, has received an award after rescuing a dog that had fallen through the ice and would certainly have died trapped under the ice but for Sean’s intervention.

The Friends Volunteers are building two more bird nesting islands.

Your help would be appreciated if you could lend a hand on a Monday morning at the Boat House Yard from 9am – 12.30pm, Tel: 01895 676812 or ring Sean on 01895 677074.

So if you are retired, unemployed or between jobs it is only just over three hours a week and will get you out of the house and into the fresh air.

Roger