Puckshole reopens

Nearly five months after the lane through Puckshole closed due to a landslip it is now open again - many are delighted although some residents of the lane are very sorry to be loosing their peace.

I have to say I am a little surprised by how it looks - as you will see from the photos, a bowling green has been installed on the side of the mud slope - the slope makes it a little difficult for the game but I am sure we will manage....I am also unclear as to how such grass will be maintained? Indeed already it is falling off and coming loose - I replaced a small bit but more has now come off - see photo.

I would have thought small native shrubs might have made the bank more stable? I am also unclear about how the drainage has been improved - it looks like the mud has just been put back yet there was a spring in the bank - where is this now??

Update 17th Dec: I hear from Highways that the gabion baskets they used are free draining and are 'the ideal solution to this type of problem'.