The Flood Risk Assessment for Ruislip Lido has been completed and has been uploaded along with associated documents on the Ruislip Lido Enhancement Project web page as follows:

http://www.hillingdon.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=20538

Swan Lifeline,  who occasionally release swans from their care into the safe environment of the Lido, are scheduled to appear on Escape to the Country on Monday 23rd January BBC1 at 2.15pm.

The next meeting of the Friends is on Tuesday 10th January 2012 at 7pm  at the Kings  College Pavillion.

Please joins us for an update, chat, refreshments and a raffle.

Fairground rides, food and drink, presentation by the Deputy Mayor and then fireworks.

Families are invited to attend and celebrate 200 years of the Ruislip Lido Reservoir on Saturday 3 December.

A free event to mark the bicentenary of Ruislip Lido.

Ruislip Lido Reservoir was opened on 5 December 1811 as a feeder reservoir for the Grand Junction now the Grand Union Canal.

Programme:

• 17:00 – Rides and entertainment for children will be available on Willow Lawn
• 19:00 – The musical firework display.

Refreshments will be available to buy from 17:00.

I noticed the above sign at Ruislip Lido.

I’m surprised those with psychic powers at Unlimited Vision couldn’t foresee what might need to be included on future signs?

HILLINGDON Council has spent £42,000 on engineering consultants who have so far failed to win support from the Environment Agency for their Ruislip Lido report.

More evidence that governments, local or central, can’t be trusted with our money.

Read the full story.

Dear Friends,

I hope you have all had a good summer I do believe it is the worst weather we have ever had! I wanted to keep you updated with the current position at the Lido. To date the council have not resubmitted the planning application for the car park, however all the indications we are getting suggest that it is still in their improvement proposals, which still makes it a priority for us to fight.

The council have confirmed they have awarded the contract to a company to build the rain shelters which we have been campaigning for for years now, the start date for work has not been set but they assure us it will be soon.

There have been a number of problems with the splashed this year including cleaning as well as at times it not working at all. I would like to thank David Seaman who has highlighted this time and time again to the Council. I have had site meetings with David and then given a written report to the Council on the state of this facility. At first they denied that it was not working, however they eventually accepted this and have done some remedial work on it, but there is still a long way to go before it is in full operational order and we hope that they will get this sorted out properly over the coming months. We will of course keep mentioning this at our meetings with the Council.

We are part of the Management Advisory Group (MAG) along with the Railway, local residents groups and other interested parties, and of course the Council. It will be the MAG AGM on 11th October and this is an opportunity to raise any issues you have. if you have any questions you would like us to raise could you please pop it on an e mail to us and I will make sure that we get back to you with an answer.

We are still phoneless I will get this resolved this week and get the new phone number published on our webpage ASAP.

Thanks as always for your support I hope we can all meet up for a meeting in the winter.

Vicky Brownlee
Chair FORL

Disappointingly only four turned out for the litter pick. However due to the efforts of the Beaver Scouts the preceding Wednesday and the recent mixed weather, the Lido litter index wasn’t too bad so the four managed get the area neat and tidy.

Unfortunately after the weekend the litter was replenished, as seen in this photo at 7:30am on Monday 11th, to continue the never ending cycle of ‘you drop, we pick’.

We held our AGM last month at the Lido and I would like to thank those who attended it was a fabulous turn out and much appreciated. We would like to thank all those who gave prizes for our raffle and bought ticket in aid of the British Legion we had a great response and it was agreed to all that we would round the amount we give to £120.

The current Committee were voted in position unanimously, with the exceptions of both Gordon DALLAS, and David SEAMAN who stood down. I would like to thank both of them on behalf of the Friends for their assistance and commitment to the Lido and am delighted they both continue as members and are still there to give their support and experience in the future. David especially has made a difference by taking on the Splash Pad and new Toilet block projects. He was one of the founding members of the Friends and is still a driving force in much that we do.

As part of the Chairman’s update Pat Tavener submitted a report to the environmental agencies investigations around the water level and the feasibility of the car park proposals. This was incredibly informative and it would appear the current water levels cannot be raise and therefore any alterations at the Lido will have to be done without causing a rise in the water level. This would have an effect on the height and flood risk to the proposed car park. A detailed summary of this report was taken by local reporter James Cracknel of the Gazette who published this in last month’s paper. To date the Council have not resubmitted the planning application. We will continue to monitor this as the water level and flood risk is only one of many objections that we have against this proposal.

Staffing was raised as a concern by members, we will continue to highlight this with the Council and have asked for a senior manager to attend the Management Advisory Group to explain the lack of a dedicated member of staff. Please if you see any Anti Social Behaviour, Fly Tipping or anything else which concerns you report it to the appropriate authority the Police or the Council but can you e mail us with the reference number so that we can keep a record.

I have apologised to the Friends as the phone number is out of action, I have tried to get the same number restored but this cannot be done a new number will be published shortly.

We are holding a LITTER PICK DAY on the 9th JULY at 0900hrs meeting in the Lido carpark. These have always been good days and are an opportunity for us to get together and give something back to the Lido. We will be meeting for a coffee at 11am at the Waters Edge, so please join us there if you are unable to Litter Pick all are welcome.

Finally a big thank you to the Committee for all there hard work in the past year.

Vicky