Kent Heritage Trees Project
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10am – 12pm
Price: Adult RSPB member: £4; Non member £6; Child RSPB member (4 – 16yrs) £3; non-member £5. Full refund for those joining the RSPB on the day
Booking essential
One hundred pairs of grey herons and another hundred little egrets nest at the reserve, and they are the first to kick-off spring at the heronry in the RSPB wood at Northward Hill. This is the best time to observe them before the trees goes into leaf.
On the walk we will explore the different ways by which the RSPB monitors the health of our wildlife. As our climate appears to be changing, who are the winners and losers?
At the heronry viewpoint hot drinks will be provided accompanied by some insights into heron life and recitals of a historic heron theme. The walk takes about 45 minutes to the heronry and crosses agricultural land
Directions
RSPB Northward Hill nature reserve Bromhey Farm Lipwell Hill Cooling
To contact please
Telephone :01634 222480 or email northkentmarshes@rspb.org.uk
The RSPB Website please click http://www.rspb.org.uk/
Following an online discussion about long journeys on mopeds, a thread was started on Volszone.com (VW) forums asking if anyone would be interested in a charity run from John O’Groats to Lands End – on 50cc motorbikes. As foolhardy an idea as it might appear, soon enough people started putting their names down and it has snowballed from there. As a result my fiancée Claire Naylor (Eden Road) and I are attempting to ride from John O Groat’s to Lands End on classic 50cc mopeds to raise funds for www.brads.org.uk (teenage cancer charity). The funds will go towards
1 Providing equipment for the care and lifestyle specifically for teenagers with cancer.
2 Supporting the development of a Teenage Cancer Unit, through the Teenage Cancer Trust.
3 To provide help and support to teenagers with cancer and their families to relieve the stress and hardship during a difficult time.
We are part of a group of 50 riders, all on 50cc mopeds which will be setting of from John O’Groats on Saturday 7th April and will hopefully be at Lands End on Friday 13th April.
As we are riding mopeds our top speed will be 30 mph, so we are using smaller roads and plan to ride around 150 – 170 miles a day passing through some very scenic but also very hilly countryside. Including stops we estimate 8 hours riding per day. There will be a total of 55 riders all on 50 cc mopeds ranging from classic to modern.
My bike is a Honda c50 (1973) with Claire riding a MZ Simson s51 (1993)
A sponsor form is in the shop or you can drop any donations at 15 Eden Road. I trust you can support this worthwhile cause and look forward to putting an update in the HHT as to how we coped and the adventure incurred
The itinerary is as follows:
*DAY 1 - SATURDAY 7th APRIL* Start from John O'Groats Campsite (http:// ) at 8.00am ride 133.7 miles and arrive at Borlum Campsite (http://www.borlum.co.uk/) *DAY 2 - SUNDAY 8th APRIL* Start from Borlum Campsite at 8.00am ride 153.5 miles and arrive at Somerville Weir Hall/John.stone's approximately 3.30pm *DAY 3 - MONDAY 9th APRIL* Start from Somerville Weir Hall/John.stone's at 8.00am ride 169.8 miles and arrive at Bays Brown Farm, Ambleside (http://www.baysbrownfarm.com/) at approximately 4.55pm *DAY 4 - TUESDAY 10th APRIL* Start from Bays Brown Farm at 8.00am ride 135.1 miles and arrive at Worksop Rugby Club (http://www.worksoprufc.com/) *DAY 5 - WEDNESDAY 11th APRIL* Start from Worksop Rugby Club at 8.00am ride 138.8 miles and arrive at Tunnel House Campsite (http://www.tunnelhouse.com/) at approximately 5.21pm - this allows for a 2 hours stop at Queens Medical Centre Nottingham. (Brads Cancer Ward). *DAY 6 - THURSDAY 12th APRIL* Start from Tunnel House Campsite at 8.00am ride 141.2 miles and arrive at the Fox & Hounds Campsite (http:/www.johnogroatscampsite.co.uk/ / ) at approximately 2.45pm *DAY 7 - FRIDAY 13th APRIL* Start from Fox & Hounds Campsite at 8.00am ride 95.9 miles and arrive at LAND'S END (yaaay!) at approximately 1.00pm - includes 30 minute stop at petrol station 2 miles from LE for everyone to get together so we can arrive at LE together. We will then be having a finishing party / Classic VW show - The whole run was all organised by and on Volks Zone International which is an online forum for VW enthusiasts.www.foxandhoundshotel.com/
Thanks
Robin Watson (15 Eden Road – 01634 252567)
As well as telling us how much more we’ll have to pay for a pint of beer or a litre of petrol, the UK Budget on 21 March may prove to be one of the most significant moments the environment has faced in more than three decades.
In 2011, the Chancellor described hard-won legal protections for our most precious wildlife sites, as a “ridiculous cost on British business”. Here’s hoping that he had a good break over Christmas, feels refreshed and will take a different view in 2012.
Accepting that the Chancellor needs to deliver economic growth and create jobs in the face of an enormous economic challenge, what is not accepted is that the environment is a barrier to success. Instead of environmentally destructive and high carbon, how about sustainable growth that acknowledges the value of the natural world that sustains us? Instead of a Thames Estuary Airport that will destroy areas internationally acknowledged as important for wildlife and blow any chance we have of meeting our commitments to help avoid catastrophic climate change, how about the Chancellor looking to the London Gateway port development as an example of how infrastructure projects should be done?
Step up for nature and e-mail the Chancellor today. Urge him to use his Budget statement on 21 March to put the environment at the heart of the UK’s economic recovery. To take part (it only takes a few moments) please click here February 2012
Medway Council has written a Development Brief for the Lodge Hill site. This was approved by Medway Council’s Cabinet in December 2011.
The document was drawn up following a formal consultation process in autumn 2011. The comments received during the consultation were considered in producing the final version of the development brief. A list of the comments received and the council’s response is set out in the Schedule of responses to public consultation for the Lodge Hill Development Brief. To see the schedule of responses please click here
Grey Heron catching an eel by Les Foster
In the week of Charles Dickens’s 200th birthday the RSPB is offering unique access to a part of the marsh at Northward Hill reserve that is normally closed to the public.
The 3-mile round trip will take walkers into the heart of the grazing marsh that inspired Dickens’s novel ‘Great Expectations’. The hike also takes in a mix of other wildlife habitats and some interesting buildings.
The walk will commence from the main car park at 10am and again at 1pm. Please wear wellington boots and wrap-up warm.
The story of the Thames marshes is a complex mix of nature and human intervention spanning thousands of years. Wildlife watching will be interspersed with some good conversation and recitals marking different periods of the area’s past, present…and future.
At this time of year we hope to see marsh harrier, lapwing, buzzard, possibly the rare rough-legged buzzard, and Northward Hill’s iconic grey heron.
For further information and to arrange an interview, please contact:
Rolf Williams, RSPB Kent, 01634 222480
Meet in the main RSPB car park at Bromhey Farm.
Events cost: £6 Adults, £5 for children, £2 discount to RSPB members. Full refunded to those joining the RSPB on the day.
Booking is essential, please call 01634 222480 or e-mail northkentmarshes@rspb.org.uk
The RSPB speaks out for birds and wildlife, tackling the problems that threaten our environment. www.rspb.org.uk
At this time of year we hope to see marsh harrier, lapwing, buzzard, possibly the rare rough-legged buzzard, and Northward Hill’s iconic grey heron.
A joint letter from the North Kent MP’s has been sent to the Prime Minister urging the Government to scrap plans for a Thames Estuary Airport consultation
In addition the MP for Rochester and Strood Mark Reckless, Chatham and Aylesford MP Tracey Crouch, Gravesham MP Adam Holloway, MP for Gillingham and Rainham Rehman Chishti and Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP Gordon Henderson have requested an urgent meeting with David Cameron to discuss the proposed Thames Estuary hub airport.
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