It’s been good to have clean water flowing along the watercourse again and work parties have been making the most of it through the Chalfonts, bringing many appreciative comments from passers-by. Behind the scenes, lots of energy is going into various initiatives, with Imminent meetings of:- Bucks CC Transport, Environment & Climate Change Select Committee Scrutiny...
Dear All After the events of the last winter and spring it is encouraging to be able to report some positive news. Hopefully those events will have some effect on the powers that be and the associated publicity will have done some good. In late June we ventured out with a work party...
Dear All Good flow from Mobwell Pond all the way to Denham is usually cause for celebration, but with pumps and tankers still present, sewage pollution still blighting significant lengths, roads closed and much of the floodplain still being, well, a very soggy floodplain, it’s at best a bittersweet situation. Much has been written and...
Our little river has been punching well above its weight in the news and social media forums recently with the lead articles being mainly about sewer overflows in Chalfont St Peter and groundwater flooding in Chalfont St Giles – (not forgetting the CStG pond liner!). It has been fun trying to...
A good month! As noted last time, a big effort was going to be required to properly clear the blocked and overgrown watercourse all the way from CSt Giles to Water Hall on the outskirts of C St Peter. We are delighted to report “mission accomplished”, after three tough work parties, There is now unimpeded...
You already know that this year, to date, we have had a driest February, a wettest March, a hottest September and all manner of ups and downs in between. Overall, this has given one of the wettest 12 months in the past 30 years but distinctly average in the past three months. Some will have...
Lots to report again! While itself not as wet as July in 1991, 2008, or 2012, the 12 month total to end July this year was only matched in the past 30 years by the year ending July 2001. That reflected the exceptionally wet season 2000 – 2001: many will remember the associated groundwater flooding....
In the past month MRA has exhibited fruitfully at Chalfont St Peter Feast Day, Boug Meadow on National Meadows Day, and at Chiltern Open Air Museum “Green Festival”. Big thanks to Mel Barnett for all his work at Feast Day, including providing the ever popular display of river invertebrates, and to Paul Heath. Our river...
I’m conscious that, deliberately or otherwise, some of you find my pearls have dropped into your “junk” box. As a quick gauge of our readership, I would be really grateful if you could just tap “reply” to this one to let us know it has been received – comments optional!! Our several small work...
Well, that was a very encouraging month for the Misbourne since the last ramblings. There is water in Mobwell Pond – the notional source of the upper winterbourne – though maybe not flowing out yet; and ducks on the broadwaters of Missenden Abbey. Small outputs from the springs above Chalfont St Peter have been giving...
