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Month: January 2011

Events History

Walk yourself better

30/01/201102/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

News of a couple of riverside walks taking place in the near future is top of the agenda this week.

Recent developments Rules and regulations

Do the decent thing

23/01/201102/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

I get really angry with people who drive their cars on the road without paying the annual road fund licence. They are the kind of people who obviously think they’re more important than the rest of us and that the law doesn’t apply to them.

History Nature

Memory frozen in time

15/01/201102/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

Pictures of the frozen UK jogged a memory for one of my readers who now lives in Queensland, Australia.

Recent developments

A dangerous friend

08/01/201102/12/2012Mort SmithComment(0)

My heart goes out to the families and friends of those who died when a small boat carrying six people overturned close to Pharoah’s Island at Shepperton.

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To contact Mort, email him at mortsmith32@gmail.com or call him on 01787 226974. He’s always pleased to hear from old friends who provided such a wealth of information and great stories for Riverwatch.

These columns appeared in the Surrey Herald.

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