Steps upgrade.

This week has seen a mixed bag of weather. Starting very wet and windy before settling towards the end of the week. The heavy rain we reviewed at the start of the week has accumulated making areas very sticky. It also has swelled the river derwent flooding holes 21-24. This is an annual problem once things get wet down there it stays wet for quite a while. When this happens we use the remainder of the holes on the derwent loop and try and make an 18 hole loop using another 9 and 3 holes on the remainder of the course. For example this week we have had holes 1-9, 19, 20, 24-27 and 16-18 open. This means we can still close some holes to work on uninterrupted.  

So this week we have fixed a drainage issue we have been having on the 10th fairway where an old drain had become blocked. Sam and rich doing a great job. 

Alistair and Matty have started work on replacing the green matting on the 2nd steps. This was becoming slippy and covered in moss. 

This is to finish next week. 

It's good to see the aeration holes on the greens full of roots when taking a core. The slit tining is also creating lots of new roots. 

Finally colin our greens chairman has been very busy putting heat shrink on the traffic management hoops to make them more visible during winter. A great job.