Letting Them Know

No reference here to this being a public open space where people come 'as of right'. Nor of its gift to the city from Alderman Graves. The very word 'welcome' implies that somebody 'up there' is kindly ushering you in and setting you an example of how to behave yourself.

Certainly the odd character might try to drive a motor bike through here, but that type would bother about notices anyway.

Notice that the wildlife trust gets in its own corporate insignia. 'Nature Reserve' is more contentious. At odd times in the last four years I have checked with English Nature and Blacka is not on their list of nature reserves. I wonder whether it could be if recreation is deemed to take precedence over conservation? Because that's what the Charity Commission says.