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S.W.A.M.P. Blog
Our blog is the perfect place to keep up to date with our pond restoration activities. We post regularly about the restoration project we are involved in, with photos and images to show the progress we are making. We also use our blog to share the stories of what we do, and why we do it. Our team loves to write about our experiences, and we invite you to join us in the conversation. We hope the blog will inspire you to get involved in pond restoration activities, and help us make a positive difference for the environment.
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.”– L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables
S.W.A.M.P. Session - 2nd June 2025 Heaps of thanks and gratitude this week go to Charlie Ward and his help with removing our bagged and...
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Jun 3, 20251 min read
“But the true nature of the human heart is as whimsical as spring weather. All signals may aim toward a fall of rain when suddenly the skies will clear.” Maya Angelou
S.W.A.M.P. session - May 26th 2025 The driest of Springs (particularly when compared to last-year's almost non-stop rain) has seen...
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May 27, 20251 min read
"April, the angel of the months, the young love of the year." – Vita Sackville-West
S.W.A.M.P. session, Monday 14th April 2025 Our team worked hard at the latest S.W.A.M.P. session on a dry April Monday. The pictures...
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Apr 15, 20251 min read
“March is a tomboy with tousled hair, a mischievous smile, mud on her shoes and a laugh in her voice.” ― Hal Borland
S.W.A.M.P. Session - Monday 10th March 2025 Morston Pond - 10th March 2025 The second week of March in north Norfolk saw utterly balmy...
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Mar 12, 20251 min read
"It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold" - Charles Dickens (Great Expectations)
The first March S.W.A.M.P. community volunteer session at Morston Pond was met with (thankfully) warm weather to encourage our clearing...
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Mar 4, 20251 min read
On Frozen Pond
Monday, February 17th 2025. For the first time it what seemed like an eternity, the Sun, (you remember the Sun, don't you?) came out in...
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Feb 17, 20251 min read
“Every moment is a fresh beginning.”― T.S. Eliot
10th February, despite the cold and damp, the grey skies and threat of rain, our intrepid SWAMPers headed for Morston Pond for another...
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Feb 13, 20251 min read
"February is an uncertain month, filled with the flavour of anticipation." - Gladys Taber
The start of February brought a later afternoon session at Morston Pond, with our community volunteers busy pollarding willow, clearing...
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Feb 12, 20251 min read
"Strength shows not only in the ability to persist, but in the ability to start over." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Our unshrinking band of S.W.A.M.P. community volunteers took to their duties once again on a bitterly cold early afternoon in January....
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Jan 22, 20252 min read
When the most important times are occurring, we don't even recognise them or notice. We are just busy living our lives. Only looking back do we know what was a great moment" - Federico Fellini
A Year In The Days of Morston Pond January '24 A rare blue sky in the photo above as the year began with rain, rain and more rain. The...
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Dec 20, 20245 min read
"To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold." — Aristotle
Alternatively, to stand in a cold pond in early December, as our gallant SWAMP community volunteers do! There's still so much Crassula in...
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Dec 4, 20241 min read
“There’s nothing better than curling up with a good book and sitting in front of the fire on winter evenings.” Leo Sayer
I'm convinced Mr Sayer has never been a member of the Morston community of volunteers, getting cold and wet in a pair of waders and long...
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Nov 30, 20241 min read
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus
As the nights draw in, earlier starts are the way to go for the S.W.A.M.P. team, getting in the hard work of removing bags of dredged out...
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Nov 19, 20241 min read
"I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." — Lucy Maud Montgomery
Environment improvement was the order of the day for our committed S.W.A.M.P. volunteers on a balmy, mid-October evening at Morston Pond....
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Oct 15, 20241 min read
Early October Working Party
On a muggy, fuggy early October evening, our SWAMP team of eager volunteers once again set about clearing the pond of the evil invasive...
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Oct 14, 20241 min read
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Sep 18, 20240 min read
“Happily we bask in this warm September sun, which illuminates all creatures.” (Henry David Thoreau)
On a particularly muggy late afternoon, our gallant SWAMP volunteer community group took to the water once again in our tireless pursuit...
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Sep 5, 20241 min read
“Sunday is nature’s way of teaching us that even the busiest trees find time to sway in the wind."
Sunday August 4th 2024 The south end of the pond, which also houses our store, enjoyed a massive clear up on this day. We continued the...
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Aug 8, 20241 min read
"We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline and effort." Jesse Owens
And so it was, despite the Olympic Games going on, our ever-more-determined S.W.A.M.P. volunteer community group took to the village pond...
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Jul 29, 20241 min read
"There Is No Such Thing As Bad Weather, Only Different Kinds Of Good Weather" (John Ruskin)
Will it ever stop raining? Undeterred by the inclement weather our indomitable spirited community volunteers once again climbed into...
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Jul 16, 20241 min read
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