This is an update on the situation regarding the sewage discharges. I passed our concerns to the Windrush Catchment Partnership, and the Chair decided to forward them on to Thames Water in advance of the Windrush Catchment Partnership meeting in a couple of weeks' time. The hope was that
You will know by know I have a little obsession looking for prehistoric burial mounds in the local area. One of the characteristics off these burial sites that I'm trying to nail down is their relationship to water, and this took me a little further away from home
I continue to look into the very concerning issue of the sewage that leaves Sherborne, goes to Bourton, and gets dumped in the River Windrush. As you know, the Sherborne Brook Support Group is a member of the Windrush Catchment Partnership (WCP). Indeed, we sit on the steering committee. In
A great effort from the team who turned out to plant our oak saplings on Saturday. These saplings are ones we have grown from acorns gathered from the oldest oaks in the village. In a sense, I like to think they inherit the village history and heritage. Thank you to
My concern over Bourton-on-the-Water's sewage treatment works continues — and it has just become more troubling. You may recall my earlier post reporting that the storm overflow at the Bourton STW had been running continuously for 42 days. Two days ago it stopped briefly, then started
A proper introduction. If you are reading this post you are getting the Brook Group emails through the new "Ghost" system rather than the old "substack" system. We have moved to the new system for a number of reasons, and I am just going to probably
Bourton-on-the-Water: 42 Days of Sewage Discharge into the Windrush Some of you will have seen the recent Channel 4 dramatisation "Dirty Business" of the campaign against sewage pollution in the River Windrush. If you haven't, I'll put a link below. Ashley
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This is Sherborne Brook Support Group, a brand new site by Roger Davies that's just getting started. Things will be up and running here shortly, but you can subscribe in the meantime if you'd like to stay up to date and receive emails when new content
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I’m sorry that my last post was unclear. The date for planting oak saplings is NOT this coming Saturday 28th Feb, but the following Saturday 7 March. I’m confident we will get sufficient planted on the saturday and not need to repeat on the Sunday if we meet
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Firstly a couple of diary dates: 1. On Tuesday 3 March, between 5 pm and 6.30pm, Andrew Danson of the National Trust is holding a drop ins session in the NT offices. He is available then to anyone from Sherborne to answer any queries etc that you may have
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Bye bye Substack, hello Ghost
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More understanding of Lodge Park