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Starting from number one there are five new photographs on…

Starting from number one there are five new photographs on the Photo Page.

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1/ Sandford on Thames lock cut, I spend many an hour fishing here! Clive

2/ Small weir pool at the start of the lock cut.
at Sandford. Clive

3/ The river which runs to the big weir at Sandford. Clive

4/ This bit of river is called the Fiddlers Elbow, it is between Sandford and Kennington. Clive

5/ The small weir at the side of Iffley lock, about 2 miles downstream of Oxford. All the pictures were taken on a walk on Saturday. Clive

We are still getting a few problems with our hacker although we are starting to narrow down who it may be. We have by tracing the IP address seen that the hacker has a connection to a major UK city. Be it that his or hers broadband supplier is located there, or even the hacker them self. I will let you know how we progress.

We invited a Woodland Officer from the Forestry Commission to put us in the right direction to manage Ash Wood that we purchased a month ago. Our first step is to have a Woodland Assessment carried out. The Commission has a grant to help with the costs. This will put us in the right direction to put the Wood in good order after years of neglect by Somerset Count Council the previous owner.

The Assessment will give a direct approach to what would be best for the Wood. The Woodland Officer confirmed my appraisal that the Wood needs thinning to allow regeneration by allowing more light into the Wood. There is some natural generation but not as much as is needed. There are many very large Ash and Oak but not a lot to replace them. Thinning and replanting would get the Wood in a lot better state.

Being an Ancient Woodland any felling of Trees will need a licence, that will only be given if it is necessary for the good of the Wood. Over the years many tree have fallen that we are cutting and chopping for logs. There are so many that with just those that are fallen there will be a good few years of logs that can be sold. We have also purchased an oldish Charcoal Kiln so that we can produce Charcoal. Over 90% of all Charcoal that is sold in the UK is imported from Countries with many unstainable Woods and Forests. The cost to our environment in transporting imported Charcoal is worth the effort to try to produce even a little at Denbury.

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