River Lugg, Herefordshire

[Grass And Grain]

Wouldn't like to be in the farmer's shoes. On the other hand, don't know the circumstances. If it's anything like this area, the EA and Natural England seem to resist maintaining waterways, and if it's a lowland river which floods you out - it isn't much fun.

I can't exactly agree with what has been done, but equally it wouldn't do any harm to back the guy up and have a campaign against the EA and wildlife groups who disregard the rights of a riparian landowner to keep a river maintained.

 

[Bury the Trash]

i wouldnt want my house flooded either.

Calls for dredging to prevent flooding in Herefordshire

A HEREFORDSHIRE man whose home was flooded for the first time in 50 years is calling for dredging to improve the flow of the river Lugg.

www.herefordtimes.com

 

[Hilly]

Amazing , lot of trouble for essentially doing the right thing , how long is this nonsense going to go on for , I hope the person responsible has enough money etc etc to fight them to the bitter end .

 

[serf]

Got this from other thread , looks to have tidied the job a treat, look at that water flowing , police standing about there like drips while the Subarus are marauding over the fields behind them

Protected River Lugg was 'bulldozed' in 'wildlife crime'

The Herefordshire Wildlife Trust says the damage caused was a "crime against the environment".

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[chaffcutter]

Must have taken a fair while to do that work, where were all the jobsworths while it was being done? They should have been on the case ten minutes after the digger got in the field!

 

[Adeptandy]

Looks a tidy job, once it greens over all will be good again with added water flow

 

[JSmith]

Yellow coat brigade making a big fuss over feck all to justify their job!! What they know about conservation could fit on a stamp!! I wouldn’t pay the twits in washers!! Looked a grand job

 

[vantage]

Hughie Batchelor rides again!

 

[JCfarmer]

We don't know its a 'farmer' yet. If it is a mile long stretch it a fair bit of land though.

 

[lloyd]

Perhaps people shouldn't jump to full on conclusions
until they know the complete story or do we live
by guilty by media and Monty Don.

 

[Adeptandy]

Perhaps people shouldnt jump to full on conclusions
until they know the complete story or do we live
by guilty by media and Monty Don.

It does feel like it some days

 

[Bald Rick]

Hughie Batchelor rides again!

Thank you .... i was trying to think of his name recently. The kent hedge king

 

[willy]

basic river maintenance......while in Brazil an area of rainforest the size of the uk is destroyed

 

[Princess Pooper]

Work been done over a few weeks by looks
Why are they investigating now?

No idea why it has taken them so long, images been circulating on social media for a while, let alone formal complaints.

 

[Princess Pooper]

I watched that report and thought sonewhere there is a farmer in a lot of trouble

rather a silly thing to do without permission / consultation these days

It's the fact that is an SSSI that makes it so gobsmackingly brazen!

We have a river SSSI so I do know there is a list of operations 2 pages long that are not permitted (even if they are on other rivers).

 

[Devil's advocate]

Same under funded EA who could not prevent flooding due to lack of funding.

Now have time & money to prosecute someone for doing, what the EA should have done.

Drain the swamp, sack the lot.

 

[lloyd]

Amazing , lot of trouble for essentially doing the right thing , how long is this nonsense going to go on for , I hope the person responsible has enough money etc etc to fight them to the bitter end .

He is highly succesful in business ,certainly no fool and yes he would have.

 

[Hilly]

Same under funded EA who could not prevent flooding due to lack of funding.

Now have time & money to prosecute someone for doing, what the EA should have done.

Drain the swamp, sack the lot.

Agreed , it’s so frustrating
exellent ! I hope he puts a good fight up , I might even give him something toward it !

 

[Werzle]

I watched that report and thought sonewhere there is a farmer in a lot of trouble

rather a silly thing to do without permission / consultation these days

Seeking permission/consultation doesnt get the job done, jobs done now even if he does get fined.

 

[Grassman]

What are we allowed to do without permission?
I clean ditches out.
I clean out a stream where it blocks going into a pipe under a vehicle crossing.
Should I be getting permission?