

The final set of clay sausages were used to line the pond where the new dam is well underway again with two new pipes being bedded in and some shorter up-stands attached to start filling again in preparation for the Autumn rains.

Five and a half acres of slippery mud banks, rampant Rhodos and uncombed bracken - but it's a heaven-sent ticket to happiness in the heart of the Sussex AONB weald.