Hillingdon Council has proposed developments for Ruislip Lido.

MAG (Management Advisory Group) Meeting
19th January Lounge Area of the Winston Churchill Hall, Pinn Way, Ruislip, 7.30pm PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF LOCATION

Developments of the Lido will be discussed at the next MAG meeting which is open to all. If you want to attend you must tell Green Spaces at Hillingdon Council as they need to know numbers attending.

If you are unable to attend fear not as a full update will be given at the FORL meeting on 20th January at 7pm in the Green Huts.

You are all welcome to the FORL New Year meeting which starts at 7pm on Wednesday 20th January in the Green Hut. Tea, coffee and wine will be served along with a few nibbles.

We are very lucky to have Martin Cartwright talking to us about the history of the Lido.

A representative from Hillingdon Council will be telling us about the proposed developments for the Lido,; this should be very interesting especially after Cllr Ray Puddifoot’s article in the front of the latest issue of the Hillingdon People.

If you are a member of FORL the committee urges you to come to this meeting as we need to know your views on the potential developments.

Further news about the food for the water fowl; the committee has decided to buy a further 50 bags of feed for Sean to give to the birds during this icy spell of weather because the birds have taken to this feed like “ducks to water!”

Oh the weather outside is frightful… especially for the bird life at Ruislip Lido, the water is frozen so the waterfowl can’t feed from the weeds along the shore line and the grass is covered in snow so they can’t feed off from the grass areas.

Sean has found a number of birds in very poor condition, literally just curled up waiting to die. The swans have had to be rescued by Sean and the other lido wardens (Derek and Richard) from along Reservoir Road as they have been so hungry they went off in search of food.

Friend of Ruislip Lido has provided high energy food for the birds which Sean puts down for them twice a day; this has stopped the birds from wandering off. This food doesn’t fatten the birds; bread which is brought by the visitors will do this for the birds.

Originally 18 bags were given to Sean, as of today he has 9 left and with this bad weather set to continue for longer FORL will provide more food.

If you’d like to make donation to help pay for this feed please go to our Membership / Donate page and become a member of FORL at the same time.