Turf down and the Tarmacadam has been laid. We are experimenting with a turf guard material to see if that will help with wear or tear or not, better to trial on a small area first to see if it actually works or not. We sprayed on a fertiliser and wetting agent mix to assist with growth and drought resistance. We have still to put in some form of parking segregation and a new surface for the disabled parking area. We will be applying feed/wetting agents and sand applications as well as some aeration work to give the grass the best chance possible to withstand the wear and tear.

All was going well whilst doing the ground works for the upgrade to the members car park until we found that one area of the car park had become locked up and water was not draining away. The mixed material of old hardcore and whin dust mixed with some sandy loam had completed sealed up making water movement through it impossible. We decided to dig a holding sump and back fill it with some larger hardcore then some new/clean hardcore and dust, that should solve that problem,hopefully??