Hugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In the latest of his monthly notes, he talks about what beekeepers are supposed to do in the winter (but don’t always). It is…
December 1, 2016 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham The clocks going back one hour at the end of October always gives me a stark realisation that we will rapidly start to descend into the deepest depths…
November 20, 2016 / 4 Comments / Read MoreDragon reader, and Hon Alderman, Gordon Bridger in a letter: Why Special Treatment For These Birds? asked whether our regular bird watching columnist Malcolm Fincham why £5.2 million had been…
November 18, 2016 / 7 Comments / Read MoreRiverbank tales from the local St Catherine’s lengthsman and weirkeeper by Robert Craig Due to the relatively low rainfall during the past month, few adjustments were required to my weirs.…
November 12, 2016 / No Comment / Read MoreThe latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations What a glorious time for seeing the autumn colours. The relatively mild temperatures, sunny days and lack of…
November 12, 2016 / No Comment / Read MoreFrom Gordon Bridger Hon Alderman and former Mayor of Guildford I am not a bird watcher but Malcolm Fincham’s column is really a splendid account, which I only encountered by accident,…
November 10, 2016 / 12 Comments / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Will we be graced by an ‘earful of waxings’ this winter? My personal optimism is high, with a few having already been reported as far south as Suffolk.…
November 1, 2016 / 1 Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley keeps bees in Worplesdon. In the latest of his monthly notes, he talks about the National Honey Show and adulterated honey being exported around the world. I heard…
October 31, 2016 / 1 Comment / 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…
October 22, 2016 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Taking advantage of the autumn sun as it continued to shine, we entered the first weeks of October. A last-minute decision was made to take a break to Rye…
October 22, 2016 / 2 Comments / Read More
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