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Trustees undertake Brushcutter Training
Bright and early on Wednesday 10 October 2018 three of The Watercress Way trustees attended a day long course in the safe and efficient use of a brushcutter. We previously had purchased one brushcutter which we have used for maintaining the path under the skilled use by trustee Jim Thompson. We are very grateful to…
37 of 1 million ‘Get Outside’ along The Watercress Way
The Watercress Way guided walk was part of the OS 1 million people Getoutside day Sunday September 30th 2018 The Ordnance Survey’s challenge to encourage up to a million people to get outdoors on the last day of September was taken up by The Watercress Way charity. 37 people and 9 dogs joined trustees Kim…
Volunteering at Worthy Down Halt on Sunday 16 September 2018
11 hard working volunteers from Worthys Conservation Volunteers, The Watercress Way trustees and local enthusiasts spent a sunny afternoon at Worthy Down Halt.
Winners of Jude’s Ice-cream Watercress Way poster competition
In March, The Watercress Way was delighted to announce a competition sponsored by Jude’s Ice Cream for primary school children to design a poster about The Watercress Way.
Name the Lamb Competition
Over the summer the Trustees of the Watercress Way have been inviting children to enter a Name The Lamb competition with a prize of a cuddly lamb. Events included our Dawn to Dusk Day on 29 April, guided walks in Easton and Sutton Scotney, the Alresford Watercress Festival and fetes in Kings Worthy and South…
Volunteer Day Sunday 16 September at 1:00pm
In conjunction with Worthys Conservation Volunteers we are doing conservation work at Worthy Down Halt, SO21 2RR.
3rd AGM of The Watercress Way
Thursday 21 June on the Alresford Drove The nine trustees were delighted to present their Annual Report after another busy and successful year for the charity. Thank you to the members of the public who attended. Highlights were: Increased awareness and use of the Watercress Way which is now fully waymarked. In particular, the organised walk…
20 people join trustees for a sunny walk in Sutton Scotney
Sunday 24 June 2018 This is one of walks organised and guided by one of the trustees to share our knowledge of the Watercress Way, highlighting its history and ecology. Sign up as a Friend of the Line to receive information about future walks. Walkers were able to see the site of the railway bridge…
The Watercress Festival and the Kings Worthy Fete
Our trustees met a large number of interested people in both Alresford and Kings Worthy. Many of whom were unaware of The Watercress Way. They are now! The display inside our new gazebo attracted plenty of attention and we gave out hundreds of leaflets. If you want a leaflet please download here There were many…