Activities
2019 – Sad farewell to two Friends.
2019 We are very sad that two of the founder members of The Friends of Three Sisters have died. Peter Browne was our Treasurer for many years and Vic Greenwood was our Chair. They will both be greatly missed.
2019- January 2nd. – Vandals demolish bench.
The Friends of Three Sisters spend a great deal of time and effort working on the site to make it an enjoyable place for all the visitors. We are a group of ‘oldies’ most of us are in our 60s or 70s and so we do not find this work easy but we are time rich so the work...
2019- Not a good start to the year.
2019 has started off badly for the Friends. Someone stole our dingy during the first week of the year. This will mean that we will not be able to do repairs to the floating islands on the lake or prepare the pontoons for the new nesting season. We will not be...
2018-8th December – Help to improve the paths.
8th December 2018 One of the things that The Friends and Volunteers spend a lot of time and effort doing is repairing the paths around the site. This is heavy, hard work but if you look at the Volunteer sections you will see that everyone does it willingly. Here we...
2018 – 24th October – Hallowe’en Fun.
The Ashton schools were on half-term holidays this week so we had to have our Hallowe'en event early. The Friends of Three Sisters, Carbon Landscape, Nomad Rangers and the Hamlet all organised events for the children [and their parents] to enjoy. We were lucky with...
2018 -18th September – More help from volunteers.
After a restful summer holiday, our friends from the Town Hall and the Hamlet volunteered to spend another day maintaining the paths around the Three Sisters. It is due to volunteer days like this that The Friends are able to do much of the work around the site. We...
2018- June 11th. – Summer Volunteer Work Day.
On Monday 11th June we had a Volunteer Work Day. A group of Wigan employees from the Audit office worked on the site under The Deal which allows Wigan workers to volunteer on a working day. We also had some Hamlet Trainees and some members of the Carbon Landscape...
2018- 26th April – Hedge Planting
The Woodland Trust is a charity that wants to see a UK rich in native woods and trees for people and wildlife. They are helping people to plant more trees by offering packs of trees and hedging plants to groups. We asked for a pack of hedging plants as we are trying...
2018-2nd February- Muddy Paths.
We are approaching the end of winter and the paths around the site are very wet and muddy. There will be lots of work for The Friends to do once the weather improves. We will be mending paths and digging out ditches to improve the drainage around the site and keep the...
2018- 14th January – NATURE WALK.
NATURE WALK. A family-friendly beginners' nature walk around the Three Sisters and Viridor Wood. Look out for the winter wildlife which makes this special place home. Suitable footwear, waterproof clothing and binoculars recommended. WHERE:- Three Sisters and Viridor...
Hope School Trainees spend time at the Three Sisters.
A group of trainees from Hope School made some bird and bug boxes earlier this year and gave them to the Friends to fix around the site. We decided to give them a day on the site as a "Thank you." for their kindness. They fixed some of the bug boxes in the Wildlife...
2017-Trying to make a Wildflower Meadow.
Over the past two years we have been trying to make a wildflower meadow on the grassed area near the playground. We have dug it over, Treated it with weedkiller. Dug out thistles and docks. We have sowed it with many packets of wildflower seeds. All our efforts seem...