Quite a lot of activity in the past few weeks; I will try to be as brief as possible: As always, it was really good to see several of you at our stand at Chalfont St Peter Feast Day, to continue to receive lots of appreciation for all the work you do and to welcome...
On Thursday afternoon I attended the launch of The Chalk Streams Charter – see http://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/charter_pdf.pdf The quality and “clout” of the leaders of this initiative, including Charles Walker MP is most encouraging. It is “chaired” by George Hollingberry MP, co-ordinated by Martin Salter of The Angling Trust and supported by organisations such as WWF. I was...
Much has already been said and written comparing last year’s weather to this. However, as you see the standing water in the fields between Chalfont St Giles and St Peter, you might be interested to note that the water table this time last year was some 7 metres below ground. In fact levels throughout the...
Alleluia and Yippee-dee-doo! As I’m sure most of you will have seen, the river is flowing from top to bottom of the valley as strongly as it has done for many a year. It is good to see that it’s in good shape and running free almost everywhere from Amersham down, thanks in part to our...
In recent weeks, the description of the Misbourne as having an Upper Section, a Lower Section and a Bit In The Middle has been very well illustrated. The winterbourne has been coming to life above Little Missenden and now all the way to the “source” at Mobwell Pond with uninterrupted flow from there down to...
Belated best wishes for your health and happiness in 2013. I hope you have enjoyed the break from my relentless flow of e-mails but all good things must come to an end and you will want to be knowing about diary dates for the new year. While you may have noticed that we undoubtedly had...
‘Tis the season to be jolly and if you care to accentuate the positive, you could join in celebrating the return of the river to Chalfont St Giles – well, sort of. Thanks largely to closing off some lost flow at Mill House, work clearing obstructions at the dump and behind ArAklowklow kennels, and...
Just for a change I’ll leave the river till later and begin with the MRA 4th Annual Dinner. Following last year’s success, we have again reserved the Ivy House (on A413 between CStG and Amersham) for evening of Wednesday 12th December. The menu looks great – 3 courses for just £20.00, or a two course...
We had a very enjoyable work day last month, with a lovely morning during which we cleared a channel and eased flow almost the full length of the leat. It was enormously encouraging to see the excellent work being done by the new landowners near Misbourne Farm and fun to have several young new volunteers...
When we first got together late in 2008, the end of flow in the Misbourne had been stuck above Mill Lane for some time and it hadn’t been seen in Chalfont St Giles (except for storm run-off) for several years. With hard work and gentle coaxing, together with no more than reasonable but erratic rainfall,...
