For the record there are now three footbridges over the Jubilee River CLOSED and barriered because they are rotten and unsafe. Two sections of the Ashford Lane footbridge have recently collapsed into…
Seen on a walk along the Jubilee River 13/9/2026
The Allotments timber footbridge – is still closed off – dangerous and unusable – until Slough BC takes some action. So who had a party on the banks of the Jubilee River?…
Datchet Volunteers CIC
Datchet Volunteers Community Interest Company is registered at Companies House as number 14561514. Nature of business (SIC): 88990 – Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified Accounts: Last accounts made…
RTS and DHEFIM Press Release?
Below is the introduction to a Press Release that I am working on: £120 million spent, 18 years on: residents ask why key Thames flood defences are still stalled While the Oxford…
OFAS = Progress while RTS and DHEFIM stalled?
The latest Oxford Flood Alleviation Scheme newsletter is now available here or here. It is really interesting (and significant) to note that while the Oxford FAS progresses steadily, in contrast the River…
UPDATED – Petition to hold referendum on water industry ownership
There is a petition to hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership. The petition closes on 1st October 2026 and already has over 206,000 names which means that…
Horton Road, Datchet – unqualified driver with passenger on illegal motorbike?
Photographed on Horton Road, Datchet – 6 September 2026 at 17.27 hrs. Further to my report about motorbikes on the Recreation Ground – neither the rider nor the passenger on this motorbike…
Motorbikes on Datchet Recreation Ground
This weekend (and yet again) there were motorbikes being ridden on Datchet Recreation Ground. This is prohibited as shown on all the signs around the area. I was unable to take action…
The rights of rivers?
It may sound a bit odd – but efforts to recognise the rights of rivers aim to give rivers legal standing, either by treating a river as a ‘legal person’ or by…
Datchet Parish Council and the DRCCT.
A STATEMENT FROM THE DRCCT TRUSTEES – Since April 2025 Datchet Parish Council has been trying to hijack, seize or ‘acquire’ the very valuable assets (in particular the Sabatini Land and buildings)…