By Malcolm Fincham Despite some exceptionally mild weather in the southern counties of the UK during the first few weeks of December, leaden skies and poor light continued to hamper my…
December 19, 2015 / 7 Comments / Read MoreRiverbank tales from our local St Catherine’s Lengthsman and Weirkeeper by Robert Craig I spent November working at Stonebridge Wharf and on the winter cut back of the towpath vegetation.…
December 13, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreThe latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations November is the unofficial start of our winter work programme, even if it has felt unseasonably mild still. With…
December 13, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreHugh Coakley, from Worplesdon, writes about what bees get up to in the winter! People often ask if honey bees hibernate during the winter. Well, the simple answer is that…
December 1, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham Continuing my quest to keep bringing up-to-date pictures for my reports is most certainly a challenge at this time of year, with fewer hours of daylight and…
November 29, 2015 / 4 Comments / Read MoreThe latest report from Richard Cant, the Stoke lengthman on the River Wey Navigations The continuing settled and mild weather has meant that the grass and other vegetation has been continuing to…
November 20, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreRiverbank tales from our local St Catherine’s Lengthsman and Weirkeeper by Robert Craig The beginning of October saw some activity on the weirs but it was not too long before…
November 20, 2015 / No Comment / Read MoreBy Malcolm Fincham With daylight hours drawing in, inclement weather with fog and rain greeted us during the first week of November. And with Autumn Watch being (at the time of writing…
November 14, 2015 / 3 Comments / Read MoreHere is some great footage taken by Dan James and Tomas Valigura of Guildford-based Elevate. The pair make aerial films using a helicopter drone. The stunning scenery shrouded in mist as the sun came…
November 3, 2015 / 2 Comments / Read MoreHugh Coakley writes about the astounding distances that bees fly and how our sleuth academics have worked it out. It isn’t often that we have the pleasure of meeting and…
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