Depending on how you define the park boundaries, we have four bridges – two crossing the Brent and two crossing Coston’s brook. A fifth is now taking shape, crossing what might be called Perivale Brook. This latter feeds the ponds in the area next to the children’s playground and previously crossed the path there in a pipe. A pipe that proved too small in diameter and was constantly blocking with leaves from the trees there. Now the pipe is being replaced by a custom built bridge.
The project is in progress, and no doubt will be finished soon. Perhaps there will be an official grand opening! To add colour to the occasion, I include the first of what we hope is many poppies, turning up in the orchard meadows close to the bridge. They seem to like it there! These meadows were created four years ago, and each year they take on a different character, so we await what form they will adopt this year.