3rd AGM of The Watercress Way

Thursday 21 June on the Alresford DroveThe nine trustees were delighted to present their Annual Report after another busy and successful year for the charity. Thank you to the members of the public who attended.Highlights were:

• Increased awareness and use of the Watercress Way which is now fully waymarked. In particular, the organised walk at Easton in March was well attended and there is a forthcoming one in Sutton Scotney. Worthy Runners are making extensive use of the paths and 6 members completed the marathon distance of the entire route on our Dusk to Dawn Day in April.
• The Annual Dawn to Dusk Day in April included a well-attended Dawn Chorus Walk and a visit to the site of Itchen Abbas station which is now in a private garden.
• Support from the SDNPA in the development of our Strategic Plan and professionally producing it to give greater support for grant applications.
• The plans to open up the bridge at Sutton Scotney. We have a licence from HCC and are working with Sutton Manor to obtain a licence for their section. After this we can make bids for funding for clearance. This will be in the region of £50 000 and will be our first major project.
• We will be erecting 3 interpretation boards and 4 benches on the route for which we have already obtained funding.