The Dever Society’s AGM will take place on Monday 20th March 2017 at 7:30pm in the Wonston Arms, Wonston, SO21 3LS. This year’s AGM will be an informal gathering. There will be no official speaker, but there will be a chance for discussion of any issu …
Nature notes from John Holt The 9th of January, I will not be early with my first submission in the New Year. December 2016 was yet again a dry and warm month, 9°+ on Christmas day – global warming, ‘humbug’. The dry period has affected the aquifers a …
Nature notes from John Holt Autumn is with us and the trees stubbornly holding on to their leaves have made it a colourful end to the summer. With a little sunlight the trees and hedges have been pretty spectacular and the variation of colour on even t …
The insurance giant, Zurich Assurance has announced the sale of the 4,200 acre Sutton Scotney Estate. Since 1990 Eagle Star Insurance, now part of Zurich Assurance, has been trying to get planning permission to build a new town of 12,500 houses on the …