We might be losing the team who are based at the lido, we have heard that plans are a foot to just have one team of green spaces staff which will be based in Yeading, this will mean the team will be away from the Lido they look after and the equipment they need for their other sites, and they will spend more time driving than working!

Seems daft…please let us know what you think.

Thanks Jen for this picture of some rubbish left at Ruislip Lido……or could it be modern art?

With seven huge green bins placed at the top of Willow Lawn and all empty, it is a wonder why Lido visitors don’t use them.

Please clear your rubbish away properly.

With all the problems people bring to the Lido it is easy to forget why we love it so much, here are a couple of reasons why we do……(many thanks Jen for the Iris image)

Vandals in the shape of “picnickers” struck last night at the Lido, they ripped apart the woven fencing which guards a nesting area between the main beach and the dog beach and tore down shrubs. With the wood they built a huge bonfire and BBQ on the dog beach which they left burning through the night, it was still smouldering when we arrived at the beach at 7.15 this morning.

We tried to dampen down the fire as much as possible but the vandals seemed to have built a fire pit so even though there were just smoking embers on the surface the ground was still burning hot and the coals beneath the surface were still red and spitting.

We were wondering what they might have been on the menu for this feast, then we saw duck feathers on the dam by the green huts, it looks like a duck had been caught and feathers plucked. The bottle of tomato ketchup can be seen in the photo which shows the bonfire after it was dampened down.

The Police and Fire Brigade were notified, the good old Fire Brigade had cleared away all the coals

• No single person responsible for the lido and its welfare
• No cover for the lido after 4.30pm
• Council not taking responsibility for anti-social behaviour within the lido environs
• Faulty Splash Pad
• Disabled toilets – difficulties with access to the toilets
• Toilet doors with faulty locks
• No soap dispensers in the toilet block
• Faulty hand driers in the toilet block
• External lights still faulty
• Water quality and water level
• Rain/sun shelters
• Extra litter bins

The FORL are continually chasing the LB Hillingdon with all the issues listed above, we will keep you updated on any progress.

� If you have any comments you would like us to reaise with the council, please leave a comment below.

A POPULAR beach-side children’s play area was closed off for the second successive bank holiday weekend because of an electrical fault.

Ruislip Lido’s “spalsh pad” continued to be out of action during an extremely busy holiday period that left children and parents alike high and dry.

Hillingdon Council said it had failed to repair the damage caused to underground cabling when new toilet facilities were installed in January.� � Read more in the Ruislip & Eastcote Gazette� by James Cracknell

These bags of rubbish were left at the beach area less than five foot away from the big green bins which were empty.

For the sake of all the lido users please throw your rubbish away or better still take it home!

This view greeted me the other morning on arrival at the lido, why can’t people take their rubbish home with them or at least use the bins provided.

If you have any comments about the state of the lido, please contact Hillindon Council 01895 556000 or 0800 694 0240� or� email the FORL and we can forward your comment for you.

FORL will be running a raffle at our AGM on Thursday 9th June 2011 @ 7.30PM to raise funds for The Royal British Legion.

If anyone has some wonderful, new, unwanted gift which would make a great raffle prize please bring it along to the AGM or contact us by email so we can arrange to get the prize from you.