There is so much going on in this park and the residential areas it borders, that I could fill a whole newspaper!
So it's no surprise to learn that over the course of the last seven days, there's been quite a bit going on.
My first entry unfortunately concerns an attack on our dedicated park staff.
Belfast City Council has confirmed that a ranger who was locking up gates last Thursday night was verbally and physically abused by a large group of people. They stoned his van and he had to leave the park as quickly as possible.
What a truly horrendous experience for this man who was just doing his job.
Meanwhile earlier that day some mindless yob decided to shoot a beautiful swan through the neck with a crossbow bolt.
A picture of the swan with the metal tube in its neck featured the very next day in the Irish News (http://www.irishnews.com).
Although hopes were high the swan would survive the USPCA has revealed the nature of the bird's internal injuries were just too severe and it died.
I wonder is the culprit proud of their handiwork because to all right-thinking people this represents animal cruelty at it's very worst.
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