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Bridgewater Canal collapse (video)

Posted on January 3, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

Local Flooding – One Year Ago (January 2024)

Posted on January 3, 2025January 3, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

In January 2024 – we were flooded for the fourth time this century.  A detailed BBC report can be found here.   Please note the Environment Agency robust denial.

Future Flood and Water Management Legislation Memorandum

Posted on January 1, 2025January 2, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

This is my response to a Parliamentary Committee consultation dated October 2010. Future Flood and Water Management Legislation Memorandum submitted by Ewan Larcombe (FFW 05) Summary – This submission seeks to consider…

2025 New Year’s Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 by ecwlarcombe

I will continue to identify, expose and hold to account the organisations and individuals with responsibility for flood defence but who are failing to use available permissive and enforcement powers to protect…

Jubilee River – another Taplow embankment failure

Posted on December 31, 2024December 31, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Jubilee River –  yet another Taplow embankment failure NOT A HAPPY NEW YEAR? Happy New Year – but I think not because many people and authorities should be seriously concerned about yet…

Systemic problems leading to JR bank failures?

Posted on December 29, 2024December 29, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

According to Claude: The Jubilee River is a man-made flood relief channel built in the late 1990s and early 2000s to reduce flooding risk along the River Thames between Maidenhead and Windsor…

Another embankment failure – future of Jubilee River and other flood alleviation schemes under review?

Posted on December 27, 2024December 28, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Previous bank protectionThe Jubilee River bank downstream of the Taplow Flow Control Structure has failed yet again.  You can see a video of how a helicopter was used to place the bags…

Do you recognise this fly-tipped waste?

Posted on December 23, 2024December 24, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Please see the recently fly-tipped builders waste shown in the five images below (dated 23/12/2024) Comments welcome END

Wraysbury Drain – AI Question/Answer

Posted on December 23, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Question to Claud – The Wraysbury Drain has been blocked since 2019 and I have often reported this problem to RBWM. The Council has failed to take effective action and today (December…

Look what Artificial Intelligence says about me

Posted on December 22, 2024December 22, 2024 by ecwlarcombe

Reproduced below is a response from claud.ai to a question about Ewan Larcombe and the Jubilee River. Ewan Larcombe has been a prominent critic of the Jubilee River scheme and its management….

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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