Recent Work

Cosgrove Park Store

Work on the newly relocated shop is virtually complete, just some signage and the new alarm system and it will be ready to stock.

The new pathways are finished and the redesigned car parking area is just waiting for white lining.

We have created large flower/shrub beds to form a divider between parking areas and pathways. These will be planted in the coming week or so.

Cafe/Restaurant

The old Poolside Cafe will not be re-opening in 2008. Instead the former Lakeside Store building is being completely refurbished and will be re-opening as the new Cafe/Restaurant for the Park.

The new building will be able to accommodate a greater number of diners and will comprise of different areas including a new coffee lounge overlooking the lake.

There will also be a number of tables outside for al fresco dining on those sunny days that we yearn for.

Updates including the new menus and photos of the development will be posted as the become available.

Sales Area

In response to customer feedback we have redesigned and resurfaced the holiday home sales areas.

The area will now accommodate up to twelve holiday homes on a free draining surface of decorative 20mm gravel.

We have also added power to the sales area so that you can see what some of the holiday homes look like illuminated.

The sales areas are separated from the road by rustic planters that will be planted with summer bedding for that seasonal splash of colour.

As ever we will start the season with a wide range of new and used holiday homes.

Back Lakes & Fish Restocking

There has been extensive tree/shrub management work carried out around all of the back lakes.

This has opened up many of the fishing swims to allow greater ease of casting with less chance of snags or loss of tackle. The overhanging trees on the Doughnut Lake island have also been trimmed back.

The swims in front of each fishing platform have been cleared and where possible deepened, which should hopefully stop the reeds from overtaking the swim so quickly.

We will be permanently numbering the pegs so that anglers can share their experiences of which pegs are producing and which may not be yet. It will also save time preparing the matches that we intend to run throughout the coming season.

UPDATES

13/03/08: We have introduced over 600lbs of Roach into the Back Lakes 

20/03/08: We are hoping to take delivery of over 100 common carp between 4lb & 8lb during the next two weeks, these will be distributed between several of the lakes.

26/03/08: The donor lake for the Common carp only managed to yield 31 fish but they averaged over 6.5lb each so totalled just over the 200lb mark, they were divided between the two Fountain View Lakes. We will source additional fish for the other lakes in the next couple of week.

Broadwater Car Park

We have ripped up the entire uneven surface of the Broadwater Car Park and have installed new kerbs and excavated to allow a complete new sub base to be installed.

The whole car park area has now been resurfaced and will be white-lined to show parking bays in the next week or so.

The kerbs have also created a small (but perfectly formed) flower/shrub bed that we can plant to bring some colour to what has been a relatively bland area in the past.

The waste bin will be returned once the shrub beds have been completed.

Main Drive

As we were having several areas on the Park resurfaced we thought that it would be an ideal time for the main drive to be attended to. The existing surface has done well - it has lasted well over ten years, but the number of patches and crazed areas were starting to increase rapidly. We have resurfaced from the wrought iron gates to the barriers. In many parts we replaced the entire sub base as well which should see the road last even longer.