See here for an update on what’s been going on to resolve the flooding situation.
https://burydellallotments.wordpress.com/events/floods-2020/flooding-update-6-dec/
See here for an update on what’s been going on to resolve the flooding situation.
https://burydellallotments.wordpress.com/events/floods-2020/flooding-update-6-dec/
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See here for more information about the flooding situation, including links to Affinity Water’s report and an interesting report by Winston Bothwell, one of our plotholders.
The main Floods 2020 page has also been updated.
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Please see Flooding update 2 October 2020 on the outcomes of a meeting with the Council and other organisations on 1 October.
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See below for a link to a report of this morning’s meeting on site. Great to see so many people turn out!
https://burydellallotments.wordpress.com/events/floods-2020/plotholder-meeting-6-sept-2020/
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Dear all
Some of you have been asking for more information about what is happening about the floods. I have put together a webpage below which you should find interesting and hopefully bring you up to date. This is a fast-moving situation, so apologies for lack of detailed information thus far.
https://burydellallotments.wordpress.com/events/floods-2020/
Please also come to the site on Sunday 6 September 11am for a further update, socially distanced of course. This will not be our usual Sunday coffee, but a chance for you to hear about where we are with the floods.
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Here is a link to the Herts Advertiser piece about the flood. We will update you further as things progress.
https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/weather-2-19950/st-albans-allotment-devastated-by-flooding-1-6799578
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Updates on
Please do remember to use gloves or hand sanitiser when you open or close the site gate. The pandemic is still very much with us, and we want to make sure that all plotholders feel safe on site. We hope to hold a social distancing event on site on the first Sunday in November and will keep you posted.
The Committee met on Monday 27 July and discussed at length the recent site break-in we have had for some time. We agreed that it would be impossible to fully protect our site but that there were some sensible things that could be done to minimise the risk of break-in or loss. We have received some helpful advice from the police to share with you (below), and we will also be working with the Council to improve our external fencing.
As you will all know, some plots on the site were flooded recently. We have been investigating, thanks to Damien and Barbara, how the flood was caused. A communication has been received from Affinity Water, as it was thought that the flood might have been caused by work on the river Ver. We will keep you informed as we know more. Clearly it is not a problem in the summer months but we do not want the same thing to happen in the Winter!
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Best plot winners
Dennis from Ayletts spent 2 hours on the site on Monday 6 July. He was more than impressed by the quality of growing and the site generally so found it tough to make the decisions. We are grateful to Ayletts for continuing to support us during this challenging time, and for donating vouchers as prizes. The result….
Best Plot. Plot 7. Vivienne and her daughter Eve
Runner up. Plot 20 Winston Bothwell
Best Newcomer. Plot. 10 Denise Smith
Runner up. Plot 35\35a. Klaus and his bees!
Well done to you winners and runners-up – fantastic achievement and well deserved!
Financial accounts
The annual audited accounts are available. Normally we would present these at the AGM but as we do not know at present when that can happen, we would instead encourage you to let Chris Feakes chrisfeakes99@gmail.com know if you would like a copy.
Break-in at the site
We are really sorry to report that there has been a major incursion into our site – thanks to Fabrizio for calling it in. Barbara has emailed everyone and the police have been informed. Gates and shed doors of some plots were left open and in some cases locks were broken. Please check your sheds and plots, and if anything is missing or there has been damage, call the police on 101. Barbara’s email also contains the crime number. Please also let Pat know on her new email address pat8168@yahoo.com. We have been lucky over the years to only have had such a few such occurrences, but even so, it is really upsetting. The Committee will be discussing what we can do at our next meeting on 27 July.
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