Diary of a Riverkeeper on the River Test, Hampshire · 1mo · discuss
Hell’s horses! What happened? Apologies for going “deep cover” for a few weeks, but once again,WTF (contemporary parlance)just happened? In late April I was dealing with ranunculus that was on the cusp of flowering and pushing water over the banks, where did all the water go? Once again WTF (further contemporary parlance) I have been falling in and our of this stretch of the Dever for over thirty four years and this was my fortieth season having a go at working on the Test and it’s tributaries. I have never experienced such a rapid drop in water level and have...