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Press releases - 2006 

 

 

9th May 2006

Rural Roam with Literary Links

Join the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership on a leisurely five-mile rural roam in the countryside around Eversley and discover the peaceful landscape around this area, believed to have inspired the novelist Charles Kingsley, author of well-known children’s novel The Water Babies.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
    

24th April 2006

Calling All Walkers...

If you enjoy walking and want to do something different it's not too late to sign up to walk the Blackwater Valley Path on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May. 
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
    

18th April 2006

Woodland Crafts Weekend

So what’s a billhook for? Are hazel hurdles complicated to make? How do you make the tines for a traditional wooden hay rake? Find out the answers at a Coppice Tool & Woodland Craft Exhibition to be held at Rowhill Nature Reserve, Aldershot on Sunday 30th April and Monday 1st May. 
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
 

13th April 2006

Bats of the Blackwater

Come along and learn about the bats found in the Blackwater Valley on a Bat Walk at Aldershot Park on Friday 28th April led by Steve Bailey of the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership.  
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
 

7th April 2006

Join our Heathland Hike

Why not join a heathland hike, organised by Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership on Wednesday 19th April, and see some of the historic landscape around Elvetham Heath and Fleet Pond.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
 

31st March 2006

Woodland Spring Walk

Spring is one of the best times of year to take a walk in the woods, so give yourself a treat and visit Rowhill Nature Reserve on Sunday 9th April to join a guided Spring walk.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
  

23rd March 2006

Birds of the Blackwater Valley

Join a guided bird walk led by Colin Wilson through Shepherds Meadows and Sandhurst Memorial Park on Wednesday 12th April and see how many different birds you can see.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.   Read full press release
  

17th March 2006

It’s Good to Walk

Blackwater Valley Circular Walks a full-colour, 56-page booklet produced by the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership containing 12 circular walks is on sale now.
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24th February 2006

Shaping the Landscape

‘Badgers, Bats and Bulldozers – the story of the Blackwater Valley Roadis the subject of an illustrated talk to be given by staff of the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership, on Thursday 16th March at the Canal Centre, Mytchett starting at 7.30pm.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
 

24th February  2006

The River, Ridges & Recreation

Join the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership for a circular walk srating from Horseshoe Lakes, going alongside the River Blackwater and Moor Green Lakes then up and around the Finchampstead Ridges on Sunday 19th March, and you will discover some of the area’s fascinating history.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
  

23rd February 2006

Walking for the Weekend

Enjoy walking? Want to do something different? Fancy exploring the area on the Hampshire, Surrey, Berkshire borders? Then take out your walking boots and register to Walk the Path on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th May.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
    

9th February 2006

Buckets for Beetles

Snaky Lane Community Wildlife Group were out in force on Sunday 5th February burying buckets to provide homes for Stag Beetles.
                                                          
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30th January 2006

Take a... FAMILY STROLL

Get some fresh air and exercise with all the family, whilst learning how the local landscape of the area has been transformed, by joining a Family Stroll on Sunday 19th February organised by the Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
 

30th January 2006

Birds of the Blackwater Valley

To find out more about the birds in the Blackwater Valley come along to the Canal Centre at Mytchett on Thursday 16th February when Colin Wilson will be giving an illustrated talk on the subject.
A ‘Discover the Blackwater Valley’ event.    Read full press release
  

 
List of Press Releases issued - 2005        

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