Riverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig For me the last few weeks have been mainly about attending to weir keeping duties, although just…
March 8, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham On an overcast February 19, in the company of two of my good friends Bob and Dougal, we attempted to get a sighting of the lesser spotted…
March 6, 2017 / 1 Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In the latest of his monthly notes, he talks about winter travails. We have had a few days this year so far when we…
March 1, 2017 / 1 Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham A mixed bag of weather conditions attempted to spoil my hopes of staying up to date with my photography as we moved into February. Firstly, an Atlantic…
February 20, 2017 / 2 Comments / Read MoreThe latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations In my January news bulletin I was talking about how stable the river had been due to low rainfall…
February 14, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham The weather stayed rather cold, in the southern counties of the UK for the remaining few weeks of January. Overnight frosts and often misty dawns, made way for…
February 6, 2017 / 3 Comments / Read MoreRiverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig January was a mixed bag weather wise, with plenty of weir adjustments required – forty seven in…
February 5, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In the latest of his monthly notes, he talks about regulations reaching all parts of beekeeping. It is about the time of the winter…
February 1, 2017 / 2 Comments / Read MoreA regular update from the Wey & Arun Canal Trust, a charity restoring the waterway which once ran 23 miles from Shalford to Pallingham in West Sussex. The Trust has…
January 28, 2017 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham A contrast in weather conditions to welcome the new year did eventually lead to some sunny days and good photographic opportunities. I spent a few hours on New…
January 18, 2017 / 2 Comments / Read More
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