Very sorry for: a) sending last month’s missive from my Parish church e-mail account b) relocating Merlin’s Cave to Chalfont St Peter c) failing so far to update the website with August 1st’s data A good month: a) Played Gerrards Cross golf course for the first time last week and was pleased to note water...
Category: From the Riverbank
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2015 – July (justabout!)
As we approach the end of July, R. Misbourne is still flowing all the way through the Chalfonts and on to Denham. As noted before, groundwater levels and rainfall in the last 12 & 6 month period has been very similar to 2011, when the river dried up in Chalfont St Peter on 31st July....
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2015 – June Jamborees
Jamboree – Not. Our efforts for June last Sunday morning and the previous Saturday afternoon definitely didn’t qualify for “Jamboree” status attracting only 4 and 5 workers respectively – still it was raining for one and Father’s Day on the other. Nevertheless, good work was done – both sessions at CStPeter: one aimed at The...
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2015 – May Mutterings
As noted last month, groundwater levels are following a very similar pattern to those of 2011 when flow through the Chalfonts was lost and we went into the “drought” of 2012. Some sages have already opined that the river will disappear again this year. Me? – I’m still sitting on the fence (bank?) with fingers...
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2015 – April Advances
Happy Easter! Birds are singing, flowers are flowering, trees are budding and rivers flowing: I’ve even seen the sun briefly today. It’s a wonderful world. The groundwater dips taken at the beginning of the month and, indeed, those at the beginning of February and March show a really close correlation with those for the same...
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2015 – February FAQs
People often ask: Q. Are there any fish in the river? A. Yes, while several of the invertebrate monitoring sites frequently note sightings of minnows and sticklebacks, you can spot some nice trout around Little Missenden. Q. Where does the River Misbourne begin? A. We usually say at Mobwell Pond opposite the Black Horse, (the balloon flying...
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2015 – January Jingle
We hope you are all well, fully recovered from surfeits of shopping and Christmas cheer, and over your nasty coughs and colds. I expect the sight of a little snow last week immediately turned your minds to Misbourne working parties. Never fear! – there will be one for you on Saturday 31st January commencing 10.00...
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2014 – November Notices
First things first: MRA Annual Dinner – Tuesday December 16th at The Greyhound. Always, a good fun night, lovely mix of people, cost (excluding bar) is £23 per person for 2 courses, £27 for 3. Please book your places with me by December 1st – earlier if you can. If you can’t attend work...
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2014 – October Optimism
1) We had more e-mails regarding the October work party than ever before. While most were along the lines of “dreadfully sorry we can’t be with you this time, but hope we can make the next one”, I take comfort from the obvious conclusion that the next one is going to be a sell-out –...
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2014 – September Supplement
Yes, I know there have already been two mailings in September but one was August’s delayed and now, if I leave this till October, you will say you didn’t have enough notice of the Work Party on Sunday 5th October or, indeed, the “not-a-meeting” on 30th September (though you could have looked on the website)...