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
It’s one of my favourite weekends on the river this Saturday and Sunday when Sunbury stages its annual regatta – always guaranteed to be a great fun day almost regardless of what the weather throws up.
Traditional skills are rapidly becoming a thing of the past so it’s fantastic to find that the Herald & News area is home to one of the last wooden boat builders on the Thames – Michael Dennett based at Laleham Reach in Chertsey.
A few weeks back, I wrote an article highlighting the anger of a number of local people about the Environment Agency’s decision to cut down a lot of trees on the towpath of the Surrey bank of the Thames near Weybridge.
