There are two parks in Cambridge where dogs can be exercised off lead, one in Leamington and this one on the corner of Thornton Rd and McLean St in Cambridge.

We opened October by going to this dog park. It's a low-lying place and water has accumulated at one end of a hollow which was dug as a drain many years ago and has filled up over time.

We cleared the plants for spraying and will expand the circles around them with line trimmers. We had another good turnout, so the work was done quickly. It included some minor bushwhacking in a clump of large flaxes where privet had got a foothold and some other weeds were doing well also.

Back at the nursery for morning tea and a farewell to Mason, a young lad doing community service as part of an award program, either the Duke of Edinburgh scheme or something like it. He proved to be an excellent worker and he is welcome back any time.