12 August (Part 3) - Neglect and vandalism
I
walk by quite often but it requires a short deviation from the main path to view
the Lesnes Abbey park pond viewing platform, hence requiring a tip off that
it has been vandalised again. To the best of my knowledge it
was last vandalised eight years ago and that length of time must be something of
a record in this neck of the woods. Such vandals deserve to be put down.
The last time I really looked at the platform it was centred on an elongated pond which was
home to herons and frogs.
Not any more; the pond has entirely disappeared presumably because of Bexley
Council’s neglect. With the pond totally overgrown I begin to understand why
the
fire brigade had to rescue a dog from it last month.
The pond had an overflow point which could be traced across Abbey Road
until it disappeared under the railway line. Some said it went all the way to the Thames.