You can read about the EA Thames Area assets. From the document: ‘In the Thames area we have a wide range of assets, including locks, weirs, flood defences, boat moorings and monitoring…
Beware of River Thames Scheme funding announcement
River Thames Scheme funding announcement?? Do not believe everything you read. This is what the River Thames Scheme web site says: Surrey County Council’s cabinet is set to agree £270 million of…
The soakaway crate fire hazard.
This is the soakaway/attenuation crate fire hazard problem. It is counter-intuitive but today, we are burying structural forms of inflammable plastics in the ground to create water storage and attenuation voids. We…
Election campaign notes from 2007
Just look at what I wrote in my election notes from May 2007. Here we are over 18 years later and the probability of flooding is still increasing. My first significant contact…
IMPORTANT – Wraysbury PC Mtg date changed!
Wraysbury Parish Council Meeting now 17/12/2025. Date changed from Monday 15th December to Wednesday 17th December
Memories of flooding – YouTube
In my opinion the probability of flooding is increasing due to: Continuous and accelerating development Climate change Failure to maintain existing land drainage Failure to improve land drainage infrastructure YouTube quite properly…
Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition
Residents Riverside (Staines) coalition is a Working Group of six residents’ organisations serving the interests of some 700 residents on both sides of the river. Riverside Residents (Staines) Coalition
100 today (13/12/2025) – Dick Van Dyke
100 today (13 December 2025) Happy Birthday and Thank You to Dick Van Dyke
Datchet Parish Council continues to take legal action against the DRCCT
A message from Ewan Larcombe (as Chair of the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust (DRCCT) and a Datchet Parish Councillor first elected in 1986) It appears that after eight months of futile…
Thousands of flood defences below standard
From a BBC Report dated 10/12/2025 Thousands of flood defences meant to protect multiple homes or businesses in England were below the required condition when winter began, a new analysis has found….