The River Breamish Riverbank Protection works began a few days ago by driving vertical posts into the ground at Site 2.
The team of three contractors have continued to drive more posts into the ground, following the line of the riverbank.
Len Glen-Davison, Chair of the Ingram Village Hall Committee, has been in touch to inform us that £200.00 was raised at the recent Ingram Fireworks Fun night. This has been given to support the work of local mountain rescue teams.
Since restoration work began at Site 2 as part of the River Breamish Riverbank Protection, the project to reinstate and protect the River Breamish riverbank from lateral erosion between Brandon and Ingram has continued apace.
If so, please contact:
KATE THICK (Founding Trustee)
Tel: 07900 963 234
Email: katethick@hotmail.com
Since the near completion of Site 1 of the River Breamish Riverbank Protection scheme, work is now focusing on the Site 2 (between Site 1 and the Brandon footbridge).
A team from River Tweed Commission have been electro-fishing (or ‘electric fishing’) in front of Site 2 to catch and remove fish. For their protection, they are then replaced in the river downstream and prevented from returning to the work site by simple hay bale ‘fish barriers’.
Following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605, King James I introduced the ‘Observance of 5th November Act’, an enforced annual public day of thanksgiving. Despite being repealed in 1859, the celebration has continued with enthusiasm throughout the UK. So last night – exactly 414 years after the failed plot – Ingram Village celebrated in its own community-centred style at Ingram Village Hall.
