Appley Day © Holly Jolliffe
Appley Day © Holly Jolliffe

Rediscover Appley Park: Nature, arts and community come together this October

Everyone is invited to celebrate the green space of Appley Park, Ryde at Appley Day, Sunday 1st October 11 am to 3pm.

Friends of Appley, supported by Ryde Town Council, Goodleaf Tree Climbing and Natural Enterprise are encouraging locals to get out and about in Appley Park with a day of nice things to do in the park and on the beach.

Everyone is welcome to come to the park, bring a picnic (weather permitting!) and enjoy different activities in the beautiful green space.

What to expect
Some of what’s on offer includes:

  • Appley Tower open day 11am to 3pm – your chance to see inside the tower and find out more about the planned restoration work. The Appley Tower Players will be performing ‘Wish you were here’, a brand new play about Appley Tower at 12pm and 2pm.
  • Guided walks including a sea hike with the Island Sea Hiking Group, tree id walk and an accessible amble along the sea front
  • Wonderfell Theatre Company with their travelling tales at 12.30pm
  • Land Art with New Carnival and Sand Art competition with Monkton Arts
  • Open day at Ryde Rowing Club – have a go on the indoor rowing machines
  • Free taster kayak and paddleboard sessions with Ryde Town Council
  • Much more including wildlife information, tree climbing, Oakfield Primary School community hub, activities with 2nd Ryde Sea Scouts and Cubs.

Please travel to Appley by bike, foot or bus if you can.

Abi Fox from Friends of Appley said:

“Thanks to the support of our local community we’re delighted to be back with Appley Day. Autumn is one of the best times in the park and we’d love to see as many people as possible enjoying the much-loved space. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate our beautiful park.”

More details will be published on the Friends of Appley Facebook page.


News shared by Abi on behalf of Friends of Appley. Ed

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BigEars
20, October 2010 4:17 pm

The PFI is a trojan horse that we should be wary of.

No.5
Reply to  BigEars
20, October 2010 4:39 pm

totally against this policy..all it has done/will do is allowed the council to get away with its negligence on the maintanance front.
It will lead to even more cuts in budgets elsewhere because they have been using the cash for highways maintance on other things and they simply be handing that budget in it entirety to the PFI companies

Flomax Relief
Reply to  No.5
20, October 2010 4:50 pm

Having worked for and been made redundant from a PFI firm after it spent (for ‘Spent’ read ‘Wasted’) all the money employing people from India who have never worked in construction in the UK or on giving all the senior management nice cars,and had to go into administration, ANY PFI scheme is a real worry. I am also concerned that the IWC do not have a good… Read more »

Squeaky
20, October 2010 5:50 pm

The key words here may be that they will ‘work to see how these projects can be delivered affordably.’ To my eyes this suggests a clear get out. All the government need do in future weeks and months is claim that our PFI could not be delivered affordably so they have decided to scrap it. In that case we would have spent millions on something that never… Read more »

No.5
Reply to  Squeaky
20, October 2010 7:33 pm

meanwhile thay pay a deptartment in excess of £300,000 PA to deal with PFI matters (not that its achieved much)

Through the key hole
20, October 2010 6:50 pm

How those Goons who run this Council ever imagined the government would back this P.F.I.scheme for the Island I will never know.My advice get out as soon as possible don’t waste any more Tax payers money.

Chris
20, October 2010 10:18 pm

Good news…for lawyers.

James Arrow
21, October 2010 12:22 am

Told you so. They were warned about PFI, we told them. We said it would cost a packet and we will still be paying for it in years to come with the next deficit.We told ’em, they would not listen. They are goons – and dingbats even.

Ron
Reply to  James Arrow
21, October 2010 9:50 pm

I am amazed and saddened that so many people can condem something that can only be good for this Island. This is free money to the island – a grant, not a loan!! Its a bit like winning the lottery and saying I’m not taking the money!!

Squeaky
21, October 2010 10:02 pm

It’s not a grant it’s a loan. The repayments will cripple us. All of us want better roads, PFI schemes are the government equivalent of credit cards at extortionate rates of interest.

I deal in facts
Reply to  Squeaky
21, October 2010 10:59 pm

Squeaky

You are talking rubbish. It is not a loan. It is a grant that the Council does not have to repay. Like so many people on this blog you are blind to the truth.

intentionally blank
Reply to  I deal in facts
21, October 2010 11:02 pm

i thought the council had to commit to paying their entire roads maintainence budget every year… hardly free money.

If you seriously beleive anything is free in this world, you are deluded. You dont get owt for nowt.

No.5
Reply to  I deal in facts
21, October 2010 11:24 pm

are you crazy….it will cost us the councils budget for highway maintance (11 million) every year for the duration of the contract (20 Years)

The council has never spent this entire budget on the roads..the avergae being about 6 million..the difference being used on ‘other things’…these ‘other things’ will now either not be paid for or will find their money from somewhere else.

Either way…WE PAY

romeantique
21, October 2010 11:03 pm

“This is free money to the island – a grant, not a loan!! Its a bit like winning the lottery and saying I’m not taking the money!!”

Those Tories certainly have succeeded in pulling the wool over your eyes Ron. To think you criticise Labours fiscal policy and then come out with this.

Nibbles
24, October 2010 7:06 pm

For gods sake i wish people would read up on the pfi before stating a load of codswallop. The PFI is a grant and the council will not pay a penny of the actual pfi back. As part of the deal though, the budget that the council has each year for highway maintenance has to also be paid into the pot. So the council although tied to… Read more »

Squeaky
24, October 2010 7:16 pm

Nibbles, if this goes ahead the total spent on the PFI from IWC income each year will far exceed the total spent in the past twenty years. Where will the present mob and future councilllors find this money? I think the asnwer is obvious, cuts and rises.

No.5
Reply to  Squeaky
24, October 2010 8:45 pm

The council has never spent more than 6.5 million of its highways budget of the 11 Million pot…. The council will pay a penny…..11 Million of them. They also employ a team to manage these PFI claims at a cost in excess of £300,000 in wages. And what do we get…roads that council should have been maintaining properly for the last 20 years brought up to scratch… Read more »

ebod
23, November 2010 2:12 pm

Monbiot explains PFI pretty well: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/nov/22/pfi-private-finance-refuse-debt

Did we hear back from Nibbles/Ron/I deal in facts?

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