An interesting and unusual day today on the Wey. 6 participants in all.
Following phone calls from A and to Guildford Borough Council we established that there were no scalpings (Apache or mineral) to be had at the completed steps and we decided to apply ourself to removing the various trees that have recently collapsed into the navigation that had been noted by Mike on his travels.
No sooner had we left our moorings to head upstream than we encountered a couple of tree surgeons who were removing a HUGE willow (the last along the Shalford bank) which had collapsed owing to a combination of disease and high winds into the Wey.
They were well equipped with saws,ropes, Landrover and winch, and wood chipper but lacked the vital missing ingredient which was a boat to access the outer branches of the tree ! Having introduced ourselves as Green guardians of the river we spent an enjoyable day in unexpected and glorious sunshine helping with the project and practicing our boat skills rounding up errant branches heading towards Guildford!
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