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We will be meeting at 9am for about two hours (until 11am) to clear chicken wire and re-stand some posts. We may also clear some accumulated rubbish from Brooches Wood.

A small team attended and survey for the balance of the Winter Woodland Works, which will continue in Claypit Springs & Brooches starting the 14/11/2021.

Being a green lane, the detritus from the beautiful trees and fauna, collects and rots, encroaching on to and blocking the path, which is made worse by over hanging branches, leaves and stinging nettles. It is essential to clear, which is what Friends of Great Ashby (FoGA) did in Summer 2020, and again in AutumnContinue reading “Bay Lane – importance of keeping this beautiful Lane clear of natural debris”

The North Herts District Council beautifully stewards the Great Ashby Woodlands and District Park, which is shared with and enjoyed by our friends in Stevenage, especially from Chells Manor, Chrysalis Park, St Nicholas & Woodfield (‘The Great Ashby Greater Area’). This amenity welcome will soon be extended to East Herts District Council (EHDC) when theContinue reading “Safely walking the Great Ashby Rights of Way”

A small team of 4 Adults & 2 little people picked for 1.5 hours (6 hours in total). A litter pick team will go into Hangbois Wood itself per the litter pick schedule. Areas needing NHDC/HCC intervention were identified and submitted to NHDC/SBC as the works were conducted along the Stevenage/Great Ashby border. We canContinue reading “Report Litter Pick – ROW Hangbois Woods 7.11.21”

At the first litter community litter pick of the year, FoGA were delighted to make a FIVE STAR Litter Leadership Award. The award will now be notified to our patrons, Sandra Barr & Tim Lee, for recording by our Chair, Terry Tyler. The team picked the rights of way around Hangbois Woods, and surveyed theContinue reading “Little Litter Leadership Award”

Sunday 7th November 2021 – FoGA Litter Pick, Meet 3pm at junction of Fairfield Way and Great Ashby Way. A small team of Friends of Great Ashby (FoGA) volunteers will be meeting to ‘walk the woods’, survey the area for Winter Woodland Work (see details below) and pick the obvious litter. The event follows theContinue reading “Litter Pick Sunday, 7th November 2021, 3pm”

Sometimes vegetation from other peoples property impedes across a public right of way, which should not be allowed to happen. Debates have been held at Great Ashby Community Council (GACC) level, which are set out in the following four documents below. The GACC are not in a position to do anything, but Friends of GreatContinue reading “Over grown and encroaching vegetation”

This section (at what3words wacky.losses.host) has a series of potholes that fill with mud. The sides of the bridle path are detritus, which falls onto the path & impedes access at the puddle/mud filled pot hole. Big thank you to HCC Highways and CRoW for help in getting cleared for the return to school. PerContinue reading “Bay Lane 31.10.2021”

Bay Lane between Windrush Close (in SBC) and Cheviots Way (NHDC), as above will have the mud cleared today by Friends of Great Ashby, to aid our children in their return to school tomorrow. This seems to be a busy link for residents. Your roving reporter met with Richard Young, HCC Projects Officer for CountrysideContinue reading “Bay Lane – Winter 2021 Program”