BLAHA Updates

Hello Everyone

Hope you are all keeping safe and well in these most unusual of times.

Ian, Reg Debbie and the Committee wanted to provide an update as to what is going on behind the scenes with our lovely plots.

Following the inspections by Macclesfield Town Council there are three main areas of work being undertaken:

Tree work on the Laburnum boundary ( Leylandai )

Fencing replacement on the field boundary by the pound roughly up to plot 20

Managing the drainage problems caused by the blocked ditch in the fields

The council offered us some funding to assist with costs and Ian has been getting quotes (they need three each for the tree work & fencing supplies. 

Lockdown is complicating the process in various ways. Tree work firms are extremely busy, as people use their time off work to get jobs done. The fence suppliers can't get the stock manufacturers are shut down etc, the suppliers are mostly themselves working from lockdown. However they do not let the public into the yards. 

The recent weather has exacerbated the drainage issue and four plots are completely under water. The below photo has been sent on to Macclesfield Town Council.

We will update you all again soonest with progress and don't forget your allotment fees are due at the end of the month 31st January 2021