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Stay away from the water

28/02/201026/02/2013Mort SmithComment(0)

Several readers have contacted me following my article last week about the removal of trees and the proposed work to be carried out by the Environment Agency along the stretch of riverbank between Weybridge Ladies’ Rowing Club and D’Oyley Carte Island.

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These columns appeared in the Surrey Herald.

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