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Infill continues a pace. The end is nigh for Cormorant lake.

13/6/2021

 
I haven't stepped foot on site for four weeks, and two weeks since Inert switched back to the infill of Cormorant lake. I held off for the past two weeks as I felt that progress was slow, there being few lorries around when I did my mid week jaunts. However, I have said that the 20-30 minutes I spend walking around the edge of Manor farm mid week is not a true representation on the rate of infill or of the number of lorries transporting stuff per day.

Well, it looks as if Inert and contracted lorry drivers have been working hard. Much progress has been made with the infill of the north shore of Cormorant lake (south). The mud flats, along the north shore of Cormorant lake (south), have almost completely been covered over. Only a thin sliver for drainage of Cormorant lake (north) separates the land mass and the northern part of manor farm.

The infill extends eastward to stop, currently, some 10 or 15metres shy of the east shore mud flats.  I guess (ho, ho, famous last words) that Inert will extend the infill a little more east, before turning their attention south to fill in the remaining, small piece of Cormorant lake (south).

What I am curious to know is if the current height of the infill is the final or finish height. It is considerably higher than the mud flats. Does this mean that infill (or upfill in this instance) will continue on to the mud flats along the east shore of Cormorant lake (south).  This area is currently home to a lot of breeding species, and is an established habitat. Shame to ruin it.

Then, I guess, Inert will turn their attention to landscaping the area, in particular carving out the new, elongated Manor lake, and flattening all the embankments.

Inert have built a new vehicle track, allowing lorries to traverse the land mass to reach its north east corner, where the latest infill takes place. Previously, they had to still use the limestone bridge, heading north west before taking a sharp right to head east.  There is, at last, a load of room for the lorry drivers to reverse, and to allow two way traffic. Finally!!!

The latest infill on the map below is a pure guess.  Partly as the map from google earth is quite old, and partly as I am not  a map maker so don't have a very good handle on my bearings. Plus, Inert have worked on the east shore of Cormorant lake (south) and may have changed the profile from that shown in this Google earth image.
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    A polite notice first: All photographs on this blog are owned by me and subject to copyright.

    Also, note that I have special permission to be on the Eversley quarry site of Fleet Hill farm, Manor farm and the Hampshire part, Chandlers farm. They are not open areas for general access.  Please keep to the public rights of way.

    I was quite fascinated to see how Cemex would restore their gravel extractions workings to become a nature reserve, and so started this blog.  There is an ulterior motive. It does mean that my partner and I get some well needed exercise as we stomp around the reserve every week.  Following the progress of the restorations does mean the walk is not as tedious as it might otherwise become.

    Don't worry about one of the archives being November 2025. You haven't entered a time warp! It's just that I've discovered a way to pin a post to the top of a blogger in Weebly; not straight forward apparently.  I have to set the date far far into the future.

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