The Desborough Cut was created in the 1930s to provide flood relief for Shepperton and its surrounds
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Anniversaries ahoy!
It seems incredible to me but this is the 200th Riverwatch column I’ve penned since first starting it just under five years ago.
Well, wooden it be nice…
It’s wintertime. There are icicles hanging from the gunwhales of your boat and even the water in the bilges is frozen solid. Spring seems a long, long way away and you’re wondering how to fill those dark evenings and dreary weekends.
Kraken news for Thames
Huzzah! The river bobbies are coming back. Earlier this year, I bemoaned the loss of the very excellent PC Jim Halstead who was a regular sight aboard the launch he shared with Environment Agency officers whilst patrolling our bit of the Thames.

