This sign is to be found near the Sustrans Cycle path beyond Abingdon Science Park . This, the largest of the lakes, was pumped dry two winters back. The fence was erected, and then instead of water, it was pumped full of fuel ash slurry from Didcot Power Station.

Growing on the slope in the foreground is teasel. Down beneath stretches a black morass, partly covered by reeds and grass: nature reclaiming the level ground. Gulls float on an area of water in the distance.

This was never the most beautiful of the gravel pits. Its sandy coloured bottom hosted few plants. The perimeter path, built up on dug-out mud, was and is the play area of cross-country trials bikes. Their phutting and snarling annoys dog walkers out for a peaceful walk.

But where the Sustrans cycle path nears Radley, there are lakes that have had forty+ years to mature. They are the subject of the campaign to Save Radley Lakes. We thought the plans to fill them with ash had been defeated but now nPower have new plans to just fill one of them (the largest) and posters around the area say the danger still remains, and we should continue fighting to save our neighbourhood.