CLEAN-UP SQUAD: Members of the Thames Anglers Conservancy take their responsibilities for keeping the riverbank – and the river – clean and free from debris very seriously. Here a group of volunteers are working on Desborough Island
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As regular readers of this column will know, I deplored the decision by Surrey Police to remove the only officer dedicated to patrolling our stretch of the Thames back in August.
Lock keepers get backing from users
More than 100 people turned up to a meeting of the River Users’ Group, section eight (RUG8) at the Thames Motor Yacht Club at Hampton Court last Tuesday (November 1) and sent a clear message to the Environment Agency demanding a rethink on its proposals to freeze the recruitment of lock keepers and to rent out lock side houses left empty by retiring keepers.
Casting off off for pastures new – Mort’s on the move
What a beautiful weekend we’ve just enjoyed. Temperatures up into the high teens, wall-to-wall sunshine and memories of that abysmal winter rapidly vanishing into a distant haze.