Category: From the Riverbank

     Its a little early for Mole (of Wind in the Willows fame) to be on the move but here’s a gentle update to begin the year. Our annual dinner at The Ivy House in December was an excellent “do”, much enjoyed by all.  For 2025, we again have Mel Barnet as Hon Sec,...

A steady month. October rainfall was well below average for the month - actually less than 20% of that in October 2023. Nevertheless, following the extremes of last winter, average groundwater levels along the valley...

  So many meetings in the month, so many initiatives in train, so much work in the field, so many new supporters, and so many emails/WhatsApps -  it is tempting to go for “October Optimism” as a title except we’ve used it in the past - 3 times in the last 10 years!   Are...

       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 clearing...

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...

Seeing the standing water in the fields along the valley, it seems incredible that it was only 3 weeks ago that the streams finally joined up to give continuous flow all the way from Mobwell Pond to the Colne. Just two weeks earlier Mobwell Pond was full but no flow out, actual flow began at...