Work work work, but I love it!
May 11, 2009
Well I am late writing my weekly blog today, and I fear from the work load from now on that this is going to be the case for the rest of the summer, however I am absolutely determined to make sure that I keep it up at least once a week.
First things first, our new look website is online, it is the same address as before: http://www.ribbletrust.org.uk/ but there is a huge amount of content now, and plenty more to look and shortly there will be more to interact on. My blog will Shortly only be on the website so that it’s all in one place, and I can link to content elsewhere within the site. I am really pleased with the website, and if you like it, or not, you can vote on the pole on the home page. If there are any corrections (sorry when you find some corrections) please let me know and I will amend them. Also if you have any suitable content, stories/articles/pictures send them through and we might put them on the site. We hope that soon you will also be able to join the trust online.
Right so last week……. Started as most do with a good session with Philip, filling him in and planning ahead. After that it was sending out some survey data to a few of the EA bailiffs and fisheries team members. A little more work on the afore mentioned website, and also chasing up on some surveys of the becks linked to the quarrying going on around us. I also set up some site meetings for the two fish easements I’ve been looking at. It never sounds as much when you write it down but that kept me busy all day!
Tuesday I attended another Water Framework Directive meeting at Lutra house, it was a well attended meeting with plenty of familiar faces and a few more not so familiar that I managed to get to meet. The WFD has such an implication for rivers and streams and all that are interested in them, it is no surprise just how many meetings about this there are. After this Stephen took me to see the progress on Bezza Brook and the Eel pass and fish easement, things are progressing swimmingly (sorry couldn’t resist that) and hopefully the job will be completed very soon. I also started to get some videos online, using youtube, and if you are a youtube user, why not visit our “channel” which has some short clips of fish on it!
Wednesday I went with Stephen to inspect the completed Ings Beck off-stream spawning channel, it looks absolutely phenomenal and I can’t wait to see fish using it this winter. On the way back we stopped at Chatburn brook to look at where the water drops into the aquifer, and unfortunately found another pollution incident which we reported through Fred Higham to the EA. I met Mel Dyack in the Afternoon to organise a volunteer Himalayan Balsam bashing session, which finger crossed should go ahead in June, if it’s a success more will be planned! We then managed to get a site visit to Hellforest Dyke, a tributary of Stock Beck, which always runs coloured, we have discovered why we thing this is and will be making some enquiries to see if this can be sorted.
Thursday I spent some time on the website while Stephen did the first two fry releases from this years trout in the Classroom. Pendle junior and Dunsop were the first out, and the weather couldn’t have been better. After sorting the last few bits for the Website I managed to organise our next invertebrate training day. This will make us an official Riverfly life – Angler monitoring initiative. I have a list of names for people from last year who want to come along, but if you think you’re not on the list, get onto me jack@ribbletrust.com and I will see if we can sort a space for you. In the afternoon I did some work looking at a possible fish trap for the spillway of Stocks Res. This is in really early planning stage with nothing confirmed from anyone as yet, but is worth while finding out if the planned management changes work.
Friday more work on possible grant schemes, consents and the Signals project. And after work Stephen and I enjoyed a nice Trust Fishing session, we both managed to land a couple of trout and I was pleased to also land two grayling one about 100 or 11 inches and the other 6 inches. Both were in fine condition and went back promptly.
This week is yet another busy one, so expect another long blog post on the new website (http://www.ribbletrust.org.uk/) next Monday!!
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da best. Keep it going! Thank you