MOUNT PLEASANT.
SEVERAL ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE OVER RECENT YEARS TO CHANGE THE MOUNT . ONE IDEA TO BUILD HOUSES
ON THE HILLSIDE THANKFULLY FELL THROUGH . THERE ARE AFTER ALL TWO OLD PITS ONLY YARDS AWAY AND WHO
KNOWS WHAT PROBLEMS RELATED TO SUBSIDENCE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN . MORE IMPORTANT THAN THAT A
POTENTIALLY MARVELLOUS VIEWING POINT OVER THE TOWN AND HARBOUR WOULD HAVE BEEN LOST FOREVER
UNLESS OF COURSE A MORE IMAGINATIVE IDEA TO INSERT AN AMPHITHEATRE ON THE HILLSIDE HAD MATERIALISED.
SADLY , IN THE ABSENCE OF SERIOUS AND ACCEPTABLE IDEAS FOR DEVELOPMENT SOME TIDYING UP WAS DONE
BUT THEN THE AREA BECAME THE TARGET OF VANDALS WHO DAMAGED WALLS ETC AND LITTERED THE AREA WITH
RUBBISH AND BROKEN BOTTLES. IT WAS WITH DELIGHT THAT IN APRIL I CAUGHT SITE OF WORK STARTING ON THE MOUNT
AND JUST HAD TO INVESTIGATE.
AT FIRST , WITH NO SIGNS APPARENT IT LOOKED JUST LIKE ANOTHER TIDYING UP OPERATION..REMOVING
WEEDS AND THE LIKE BUT NEXT TIME I STUCK MY NOSE IN THERE WAS A NOTICE EXPLAINING THE WORK. IT LOOKED
IMPRESSIVE AND I REMEMBERED THE DRAMATIC CHANGES IN THE WELLINGTON PIT AREA THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED
EARLIER AND WAS HOPEFUL FOR SOMETHING JUST AS GOOD. BY MAY THE WORKMEN HAD MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
THERE WERE PLANTS EVERYWHERE AND OVERLOOKING THEM WAS SOMETHING MYSTERIOUS ATOP THE HILL!!!!!
JUST BEFORE OUR FESTIVAL WEEKEND I MANAGED TO TAKE IT ALL IN AND IT IS VERY IMPRESSIVE ....IF ALLOWED TO
SURVIVE!!!!
WITH NEATLY LAID OUT SHELTERED AREAS IN WHICH TO SITE,
HAVE A CRACK WITH FRIENDS AND ENJOY THE SCENERY ...IT
IS GREAT. STYLISH NEW SEATS AND WELL LAID OUT PATHS
HAVE ENSURED THAT IT WILL GIVE A LOT OF PLEASURE FOR YEARS TO COME.
