The Southern Group MWT Committee would like to put on record its grateful thanks to Rushen Commissioners who have agreed to take on the mowing of paths and the areas in front of the two benches at Ballachurry Reserve.
We have been struggling for some years now to find a permanent solution to the mowing question and as the Reserve has become such a fantastic facility for the Parish we decided to ask the Commissioners if they could help us out. We know that local ratepayers use the reserve for all sorts of reasons, not just nature-watching. I meet people who come to quietly read a book on a sunny bench, enjoy a picnic with their toddlers, enjoy a stroll in the sunshine or simply to unwind and enjoy the birdsong at the end of their working day. It is also used by local school and Brownie groups.
We are proud to add the Commissioners to our list of volunteers who help make the Reserve such a lovely asset to the Parish of Rushen and home to so much wildlife. We look forward to collaborating with their mowing contractor as soon as the grass cutting season gets under way.
Many thanks to all the Commissioners and to their clerk, Phil Gawne, for putting our request forward to them.
