Thursday 29 October 2025. 10.15 to 12.45. Ivy South then Lime Walk, Ivy Lane/A338 corner entrance, Ellingham Lake Walk, Tern Hide and Hanson path.

Nothing to report at Ivy South. Still plenty of fungi along Lime Walk but the Willow hut is a bit tatty. I then checked the signage at the Ivy Lane/A338 entrance and scratched my head for a bit. The welcome sign allows dogs to enter on leads, but a secondary directional sign a few metres along Ellingham Walk has no reference to dogs at all but has an arrowed sign to the right, for the Lime walk, with a total restriction on dogs (attached pics). To my mind this allows dogs on leads to continue along Ellingham without a sign to the contrary. Is this not very confusing and against the rules? Ellingham Path showed no sign of trespass and the gate into the pound area was correct. All in order at Tern Hide and Hanson.