With half an eye towards those who may have a residual interest in World Cup football, and more particularly recognising the number of “regulars” who are on holiday next week, we have moved the next work party date again to Sunday 18th July. While C St Peter readers may find it hard to believe, the...
Category: From the Riverbank
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2010 – June News
A pleasant day on the Common at Chalfont St Peter Feast Day yesterday, soaking up the sun, talking about rivers and signing up a few more volunteers. Many thanks to everyone who took a turn on our stand. Last month, I was reporting flow along the whole stretch through the Chalfonts while noting the...
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2010 – May – Spring is Sprung; the River’s Riz…. I wonder where the fishes iz.
Great news! Not only has the Misbourne been flowing under the wooden bridge at Water Hall for the past few days but tonight there was an (optimistic) heron trying its luck by the adjacent pool. John Norris advises that this is the first time the river has made its way the full distance from Chalfont...
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2010 – April News
So near and yet so far! With excellent work by the team, including our 3 A-level geography students plus Dave and Ken, working through the woods downstream of Cherry Acre, we had good flow to Priscilla Cottage by lunchtime on the 28th. By teatime, we had coaxed the river all the way through Priscilla Cottage and...
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2010 – March – Springs have Sprung
It was lovely to see a young family playing in the river in the sunshine this morning – two little boys in their brightly coloured boots: there will be frog spawn before long. This is a rewarding time of year to be involved with Misbourne matters! We had a very productive day on 21st...
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2010 – February
This just briefly to say that if you fancy a pint at the Three Pigeons, Austenwood Lane, Chalfont St Peter, on Tuesday 16th February from 19.45 hrs, we will be in the area to the right hand side of the bar. Apart from hearing Ray and Angela’s travelogue and your tall stories about incredibly perilous...
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2010 – January – to boldly go
With Christmas, New Year and Global Warming (aka snow) having been and gone, no doubt you are all wondering what is going on with your river. We saw the close of last season with a very enjoyable dinner at the Three Pigeons. Fun and festivities were somewhat tinged with regret as we were also saying...
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2009 – November – Into Year 2 but still uphill
At last month’s work parties, some of us had a lovely muddy time at Chalfont St Giles clearing a channel under the Pheasant Hill Bridge. This activity involved lost drain-pipes, marooned footballs, an initially beautifully clean dog (whose owner had assumed they were out for a peaceful Sunday walk until Naomi introduced them to MRA),...
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2009 – October – The Future – starting this Saturday.
I held off sending details of this coming Saturday’s working party so that I could let you know how we got on at our meeting with the Environment Agency today at Hatfield. On balance and all in all, I think the answer is “pretty well”. There was plenty of energy and apparent goodwill around the...
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2009 – October News
Another month gone by and, as usual, some ups and downs in the river’s affairs, We were delighted with the achievements of last month’s working party. Having persevered for several years to secure the necessary approvals, Sandy was very happy to witness the removal of the redundant fence by the Ellwood House site. This has...