We had 18mm of rain a lot of which fell on semi frozen ground which stood instantly, even on the driest areas of the course we saw puddling
The river Derwent rose quickly flooding the areas around the 21st and 24th once more. These areas often see flooding over winter but this year we have had a number of flooding 'incidents'. This is simply the saturation of land from the rainfall stemming back to the Christmas period. It only takes minimal rain to swell the river.
This week is a lot better, drier and warmer in the sun, gives us an opportunity to finish the jobs on the course. The soiled area to the right of the 20th new hole is now complete and just requires seeding in the spring. Overall this area has been greatly improved, the thorn hedge planting is also complete which finishes the hole well and gives a definitive boundary. We have continued with the remaining plants down the right of the 25th hole where we started last year.
The greens have also been cut, This time we have managed to get on them with the John Deere triple mower, Other than a few of the wetter ones. All in all not looking to bad considering, some areas around the greens are suffering a little however. These will be sanded in the next week or so.
We are having some trees delivered this week to replace the dead pines from last winter.
