Inert digging out/profiling Manor lake. 17th June 2023

As suspected, Inert have begun to dig out and profile Manor lake. A large amount of work has been accomplished on the infill of the current Manor lake. Large swathes of spoil, piled up over the previous months, have been flattened and moved to the east side of the lake and used as infill.

Inert have created a large flat expanse, about 4 feet lower (in places) that the banking that separates the area from the east main reed bed, aka East fen.

Sadly, also as predicted, the lovely basin (or bit of Manor lake at its original depth) has been filled in, covering the strange structures built last week. Inert have a habit of doing this, build structures then obliterate them for no real reason.

I suspect the last remaining bits of the basin will be filled in during this coming week.

Inert have also flattened the rather lump edge of the infill circling the north and west sides of the peninsular. However, it still looks higher than the land on the peninsular, and wont offer much of wetlands if it isn't lowered by a large amount. I know Inert tended to try and keep water levels low in Manor lake, but I didn't think they were that much lower than land levels. This means the infill will not allow wetlands, as it is too high.

A rather more interesting development, which may not come to much (we are talking Inert here) is that a large patch of ground has been dug out near when the pump used to be situated. This could be part of the extended Manor lake, and could represent one of the deeper parts. On the other hand, it might be Inert digging one of their strange structures, which they will fill in again.

Weather wise: it is still very hot, with parts of Sussex and Kent having hosepipe bans. Can't argue that the planet is warming up.