On 23rd Sep, a group of students and teachers from Brighton College visited Widewater for their annual MAD Day. Mike Fielder, a member of the WoW committee, kindly planned and supervised the tasks that needed to be done to keep the lagoon looking neat and tidy.

The young ladies worked very hard, particularly with weed clearance. Groups of them tackled the steps leading to the car park, clearing them of weeds and overhanging branches. The others, led by Mike and their teachers Natalie and Michael, took on the ivy at the end of the bridge, around the information signs and worked back towards the causeway fence.

Mike commented on how refreshing it was to see how enthusiastically they tackled each of the jobs and in particular, how one of the groups took the initiative and cleared a section of the carpark wall of ivy, after finishing the steps.

All in all, they were an absolute pleasure to work with and to listen to their conversations about school life and amazingly, we shared some similar tastes in music (apologies to passers-by who were blasted with hits from the 70’s and 80’s). They all did a brilliant job and are a credit, not just to their school but to their generation…….