The Dipping pond by New Road, Tankersley is something that is undergoing a facelift.
![Dipping Pond Location](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/0654BEBA-D02E-4586-9FC3-A6456E69C258.jpeg)
There is a bit of history here, and a phantom newt somewhere, maybe or maybe not..
Either way a group of willing souls are in the process of restoring this area to it’s previously glory. To be honest it looks like it is having a bit of a bad hair day just now, but what a difference there will be come springtime.
This is how it looked in September 2019:
![Dipping Pond Sept 2019](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Dipping-Pond-Sept-2019-640x480.png)
In October we had a wee meeting, and unbridled enthusiasm took over and battle commenced
![Dipping Pond Digging Brambles](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/6421C361-DB25-47E3-9696-59E10CB40817.jpeg)
![Dipping Pond Digging Brambles](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/483A8D8E-1D08-433B-8E53-E2AF397DE81F.jpeg)
![Dipping Pond](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5CC69688-6E00-4F0D-B215-69CB12C0251E.jpeg)
![How about those YELLEW VESTS](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DippingPondJanuary20201-300x225.jpeg)
November 2019
More effort required, to remove brambles, more brambles and invasive grass.
![Dipping Pond November](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/1D4E828D-A514-4702-94A6-ADBCAB964C95.jpeg)
![Dipping Pond November](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/75BD0EB8-7EC9-48C7-81E0-145A8F255019.jpeg)
![Dipping Pond November Mud Bath](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5B8389A2-41BD-4614-A2D4-97515ED3F488.jpeg)
![Dipping Pond November - a lone helper](https://tpegbarnsley.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/B775CB77-206E-4364-881E-B717C534BDA1.jpeg)
December 2019
Following another great effort, we definitely have the makings of a pond. There will be a last push in early January to finish the job for the arrival of the hoppers and crawlers in the spring.
March 2020
7th March – tidy time 🙂
A group of willing volunteers took the task of thinning the small copse, and woodland area. A general tidy up, and an open for business notification for all the local amphibians to use the new facilities!
Thanks to all concerned, and here are a few images from the day: