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Power of Partnership on the Oxfordshire Way Revealing Little Missenden Doom Amersham Bluebell Walk ISSUE 227 • SPRING 2018 www.chilternsociety.org.uk • CHILTERN SOCIETY MAGAZINE Power of partnership on The Oxfordshire Way Revealing Little Missenden Doom Amersham bluebell walk HERITAGE • CONSERVATION • ENVIRONMENT • WILDLIFE • LEISURE ISSUE 227 • SPRING 2018 www.chilternsociety.org.uk • CHILTERN SOCIETY MAGAZINE In this Power of partnership on The Oxfordshire Way Revealing Little Missenden Doom Amersham bluebell walk HERITAGE • CONSERVATION • ENVIRONMENT • WILDLIFE • LEISURE Reed warbler at Stocker’s Lake, Rickmansworth issue Photo: Cliff Buckton NEWS & VIEWS 10 3 EDITOR 4 FROM THE CHAIRMAN EVENTS & acTIVITIES 5 chILTERNS HERITAGE FESTIVAL 6 SOCIETY NEWS SCPMV Facilitator retires, new Ranger recruited, award for volunteer 7 VOLUNTEERING – UNSUNG HEROES 16 I NTO AFRICA Bob Stuart visits Workaid in Chesham 17 HS2 UPDATE 24 NEWS IN BRIEF Hanging Basket workshop Including Chilterns Walking Festival and Society Food & Drink Awards 12 25 LETTERS HERItaGE AN ASHRIDGE 12 AN ASHRIDGE AMBLE AMBLE John Hockey goes walkabout at Little Gaddesden 14 REVEALING THE DOOM Little Missenden church reveals its hidden secrets 32 LACEY GREEN WINDMILL 35 chILTERN OPEN AIR MUSEUM WWI Nissen hut in preparation SPECIAL 38 WYCOMBE’S FINEST MEMBER Donald Stanley focuses on OFFERS RGS High Wycombe see page 40 ENVIRONMENT 30 THE CHANGING FACE OF FARMING 33 WHO NEEDS GRASS? Alison Beck welcomes the orchid squad 36 SIGNS OF THE TIMES Our countryside offers many clues to its past, writes Tony Marshall 34 GOOD Action required NEWS FOR New Government Data Protection MISBOURNE Regulations require you to confirm how you wish to hear from us. waTER VOLES Please visit our website chilternsociety.org.uk/data-protection or return the enclosed, pre-paid form. If we don’t hear from you, you may not receive important information or news from us. 2 Chiltern 227 Open country From the Editor Richard Bradbury In my late twenties I broke my leg playing football and spent 14 weeks in plaster. For ten of them my leg was encased from toe to thigh, which restricted my movement somewhat! I became very adept at using crutches, but even so it gave me a little insight into the difficulties faced by people who have longer-term or possibly permanent mobility problems. CONSERVatION Perhaps because I could see an end to my predicament once the injury had healed and I’d had 8 LONG LIVE THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY some physiotherapy, I was quite happy for friends and family to fuss over me – in fact I quite Volunteers help rare butterfly at enjoyed all the attention – but I can imagine that for many of those with chronic conditions, Prestwood LNR any limits on their independence must be 9 500 And Counting hugely frustrating and help, however well The latest on Donate-a-Gate meaning, not necessarily welcome. 26 THE POWER OF PARTNERSHIP Improving access on The It appears that 21st century attitudes and Oxfordshire Way policies towards disability matters, although far from perfect, are more enlightened. 34 LOOKING FORWARD AT EWELME Considerable efforts have been made to make buildings, public spaces and transport WILDLIFE more accessible; through events like the Blind walker negotiating a stile (Howard Dell) 34 GOOD NEWS FOR MISBOURNE Paralympics, people with disabilities now WATER VOLES have a much higher profile and command funding is in place, and all the planning and Wendy Tobitt reports greater respect; and employment administration connected with sending out a opportunities have increased. We can only work party has been done. LEISURE hope that the trend continues. On page 9 Stuart Gulliman updates us The Chiltern Society has its own relatively on the phenomenon that is our Donate- 10 SOCIETY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES small but nonetheless significant part a-Gate scheme, while on page 26 Maggie Spring 2018 to play in this process. I remember that Templeman tells us about the progress 18 AMERSHAM BLUEBELL WALK when I helped to organise 25 mile-long the South Chilterns Path Maintenance 20 A WARM WELCOME WHATEVER challenge walks in the Chilterns in the Volunteers (SCPMV) have been making on THE WEATHER 1990s, a participant calculated that there The Oxfordshire Way. You’ll also discover Pete Bradshaw seeks new recruits for were over 70 stiles on one of our routes! I how positively these initiatives are regarded the Cycle Group wonder how many she’d find on the same by both a landowner and a local authority 22 TAKE YOUR PIC! route today. So much good work has professional. In addition, there are tributes There’s lots to see on the PhotoGroup’s been carried out by our volunteers over to two SCPMV volunteers who’ve played website, writes Barry Hunt the years, and we’re justifiably proud of key roles in maintaining the momentum in 23 PUZZLE PICTURE what’s been achieved. Both Chiltern 226 this area of the Society’s work: Howard Dell, 28 FOOD TOWN – BERKHAMSTED and this issue feature articles about the who’s just retired as the group’s Facilitator, Martin Pearson takes a widespread installation of gates in place and Alan Futter, Gate Instigator and Planner, gastronomic tour of stiles, thus increasing accessibility to whose efforts – particularly with regard to 31 RECIPE – SPRING LAMB WITH the countryside for a greater cross-section blind and partially sighted walkers – have HARISSA AND BEANS of the population; and we mustn’t forget resulted in an award in the New Year’s 40 MEMBER OFFERS that alongside gate installation goes path Honours list. 42 WALKS PROGRAMME maintenance and improvement, which helps I sometimes wonder how I’d cope if my to make walking safer and more pleasant for health prevented me from walking in my everyone. It’s not simply a case of turning favourite Chiltern locations. On the other up and doing the job, of course – that only hand, it’s encouraging to think that, with the scan here for happens when negotiations with all the help of the Society, some people may have www.chilternsociety.org.uk interested parties have been completed, the the chance to enjoy them for the first time. DEADLINES REPRODUCTION OF IMAGES It is not possible to guarantee that items received after The photographs in this magazine must not be the deadline will be included in the next issue, unless a reproduced elsewhere, except with the express prior arrangement has been made with the Editor. permission of the photographer via the Editor. If you do not wish your photographs to be used in other SENDING COPY AND PHOTOGRAPHS Published quarterly by The Chiltern Society Society publications, please make this clear when you Please email text as Word attachments. Pictures should send them. EDITOR: Richard Bradbury • 01494 793049 be sent as jpg attachments. High resolution images Email: [email protected] are required for publication, although low resolution The Society does not necessarily accept images can be sent as samples in the first instance, if responsibility for the views of contributors or the ADVERTISING: Sophie Elkan claims of the advertisers. Email: [email protected] preferred. Please indicate the quality of images sent, entitle your pictures and delete any numbers. DESIGN & TYPESET: Clickdraw • 01525 374270 PRINT: Hartgraph • Amersham on materials DEADLINE FOR ISSUE 228 (JUNE 2018) produced by environmentally friendly processes. Items to the Editor by: Monday 26 March • Published: Saturday 26 May email: [email protected] 3 Mutual support pays dividends The launch of the Kingwood Common Conservation Group From the Chairman David Harris (Photo: Colin Drake) A significant feature of the last quarter was the progress we made on a number of collaborations with other organisations. All of these joint ventures have benefits not just for the Chilterns, but also for the Society, either through direct or indirect funding, or from the opportunities they give to our members and volunteers. We have, with the Forestry Commission, and District Commons Conservators, has to our sites and conservation groups, applied for a substantial grant for a been working on Kingwood Common stepping in when temporary leadership new adventure playground in Wendover since the autumn. Last but not least, in is needed, and helping with practical Woods. Our new storage facility is now conjunction with the Wormsley Estate, work and logistics where necessary. established at our partner Lindengate’s we’ve been successful in gaining another She’ll also assist Gavin in other areas, site in Wendover. With our support, grant from The Trust for Oxfordshire’s such as outreach and management the Chilterns Conservation Board were Environment (TOE2) for a continuation plans. Fiona brings a wealth of successful in obtaining Heritage Lottery of the ‘Bring box back to the Chilterns’ experience in the field and has all the Funding for a project focused on hillforts project. necessary professional qualifications, so of the Chilterns. This project seeks In addition to the progress made we look forward to the positive impact to map and investigate our hillforts with our partnerships, I’m delighted she’ll have on our capabilities in the thoroughly, and will include, for the to welcome our very own Chiltern conservation arena. very first time, aerial mapping, followed Society Ranger! Fiona Bennett-Meere Finally, I must thank all our members by on-the-ground archaeology. Our is working three days a week, initially who kindly donated to the various new conservation group, the Kingwood on a year’s contract, supporting our appeals throughout 2017. A substantial Common Conservation Volunteers, Head of Conservation & Development, amount
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