This is extremely well-written and narrated. I'm amazed it's only got 30k views. It's a pity KZitem's algorithms didn't recognise the importance of some uploads and recommend them, even if it was just locally. This kind of damage is happening everywhere. I grew up in Ireland and watched the destruction of the peat bogs and associated ecosystems. It's only now that the authorities are taken action, much of it too late!
@MakeSomeNoisePlaylists
10 ай бұрын
never forget: youtube is google. And they dont pay TAXES
@luke1023
Жыл бұрын
A fantastic video, people are becoming more and more interested in the quality of the natural environment around them so I hope people in that area spend some of their money, time and votes on restoring this river.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
I think this is becoming a political issue. Not specifically a party issue yet, but there are decisions that have to be made at local and national levels about policies that will have huge implications for our environment. Decisions that are currently being kicked down the road because they may be unpalatable with some people who are doing very nicely under the current regime. Always follow the money to see who’s benefiting.
@OmmerSyssel
Жыл бұрын
How many of you upset people are actually buying ecological products, preventing our nature being ruined and drinking water poisoned? Be the change, stop nagging and follow your mouth!
@philgriffiths5514
Жыл бұрын
Well done Peter highlighting this. Let’s hope you can raise enough outrage to get some changes and restoration. We are supposed to be one of the top developed nations and we drain sewage into out our water ways and pump out the water for irrigation.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Phil. I think it will be a long haul, especially for the Gaywood which has been subject to abuse in recent years from a whole range of sources causing outrageous pollution, over abstraction and lamentable river “management”. That said, I sense that support is growing and the tide is turning in the river’s favour.
@caracortage3270
Жыл бұрын
Top developed to be flushed down the toilet 🚽
@off_mah_lawn2074
Жыл бұрын
Yes, imagine what they are doing in undeveloped nations
@OmmerSyssel
Жыл бұрын
@@clithers long haul? We have Facebook and Twitter to publish such disastrous behaviour, don't just shrug your shoulders..
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
@@OmmerSyssel Social media is indeed a valuable tool and it’s being deployed by a group (of which I’m a member) called Gaywood River Revival. You’ll find us at GaywoodRiverRevival.org That said the farmers, landowners, Environment Agency, the Rivers Trust and many other parties have to be persuaded to come together to implement a whole catchment plan. They are a long way apart currently.
@francessimmonds5784
Жыл бұрын
This brings me to tears. How bad river pollution has got in recent years is a disgrace! This government have ruined this country.
@lindajesse8250
Жыл бұрын
Good telling Peter from Gary here in Southern Ontario, thank you for your work.
@cerealkiller4248
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful short film, very very well done. Being from S Wales Norfolk has been the destination place for 5 family holidays since 2012, we love the area. It’s quite staggering what we put in our rivers, I remember swimming in the sea as a child and seeing all sorts of filth ebbing in the tides of Porthcawl ( my local beach back then, a very popular place) which is, and was back then the destination of thousands of holiday makers. I hope this film helped your cause, you need to make more you have a talent for telling the story of the natural world 👏👏👏
@richardbidinger2577
Жыл бұрын
It's irritating how long it takes for people to realize just how easy it is to correct these problems.
@EASTSIDERIDER707
Жыл бұрын
The narrative boarders on literature, a pleasure to listen to.
@davepenton4137
7 ай бұрын
What an excellent film, so sad that it has come to this, but your passion and explanations, will hopefully get the river back to where it should be. We all need to work together for this all over the country, but as you said all the various agencies and organisations need to do their bit. Thank you
@nyxpixi6599
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing and making this vitally important documentary and committed appeal on behalf of the river, water is life. Its increasingly the most pressurised "commodity" humans have taken for granted for far too long!! Yes to citzens assemblies Yes to citzens science and water monitors! Yes to respecting precious clear clean flowing water. Very moving film and cinematography. I could really feel and hear the stream calling out for our help! And that's for all waterways throughout these precious islands and surrounding seas. Water speaks to all of life.. It is life itself. May we learn to fall in love with water again and truly value it. Thank you so much may this chalk stream get all the help and attention it needs to run clean again and be the thing of beauty and health it once was and will be again. 💦 🐠 🌿 🏞 💧 🌸 🐸 🐛 💦 🐞 🌿 🦋 🌅 💕 🐦
@chrisconnor8086
Жыл бұрын
sometimes you can just tell when a video is going to be excellent. the understated title was a dead giveaway. very well produced, i wish you luck in restoring this river. in Texas many of our rivers have been dammed excessively, siphoned for agricultural water, and polluted with fertilizers which destroyed much of the surrounding habitat
@eldariontelkontar
Жыл бұрын
Lovely vid, love your voice and narration, as well as the care you show for nature
@tompitchercooke7057
Жыл бұрын
A great video highlighting our beautiful rivers. Thanks.
@sfgoddard
Жыл бұрын
Chalk Streams should all be given special international recognition and protection from source to sea.
@jannes3290
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful video. Very interesting topic.
@barrylarking8986
Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Good luck!
@janettempest716
7 ай бұрын
Yes well done thank you for bringing attention to the destruction of our river before it’s to late. I’ve tried so many times to get Solihull council to listen I’m just ignored. They should be fined and the money put to cleaning up the damage to our rivers and county-side 😢
@lewis72
Жыл бұрын
What a fantastically well narrated, researched and produced video. Enjoyably educational. Up the Linnets !
@archie8409
Жыл бұрын
An excellently written and presented video.
@generalkayoss7347
Жыл бұрын
It's crazy what people will call a river in different parts of the world. Where I'm from, we'd call that a ditch or a canal.
@jwornell2114
Жыл бұрын
great video! all too common of a situation unfortunately
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
It is all too common but I sense that the tide is metaphorically turning in out favour. There’s lots more to do but I sense that the government is starting to see votes in rivers!
@Ranstone
Жыл бұрын
Engineers need to remember rivers have been naturally evolving to be the most efficient version of themselves for 20 millennia +. Dredging/disturbing a river and expecting it to be ok is like rolling a PC down a flight of stairs and wondering why it won't turn on.
@AbananaPEEl
Жыл бұрын
The thumbnail looks like a tube of water magically going over grass.
@HaulYouNeedisLove
Жыл бұрын
Good luck, Peter. Well made video, and a problem that needs solving. All the best.
@andrewmcewan8081
Жыл бұрын
there r a few chalkstreams as u go up the east coast. the ones that r still healthy remain so because they were advertised as good trout fishing ,and fishermen r a vocal group and well versed in the rarety of species within habitat ,so well able to see what bylaws ect can b enforced to keep those species safe . the fishing orginisations r not overly successful in fighting bbusinesses and agriculture but they r loud so can slow them down enough for others to get involved
@simonartley1645
Жыл бұрын
Yes good luck and dont give up. Have you enlisted the help of the Wild trout trust? Hmm reminding your MP and council of this may remind them of their duties..and the effect of water privatisation has done to our rivers!
@robertbage5052
Жыл бұрын
How could we? Any sign of a happy ending? Thanks.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
Hi Robert I have no idea how we, or anybody else could be so complacent about a chalk stream. The Gaywood River seems to be deliberately kept off the radar of everyone who could make a difference. Yes, it's problems are complex and multiple but the benefits that could literally flow from the restoration of the catchment are incredibly valuable to the environment, to the ecology and mostly to the people of Lynn which could, once again have a clear, clean and wildlife-rich chalk stream running through their town.
@jonharvey5268
Жыл бұрын
Great film only wish it wasn't necessary. I'm a visitor to the area a few times a year and it's sad to see man's influence harming the natural world yet again. I hope you raise awareness and turn the tide on this sad state of affairs.
@stivjoz476
Жыл бұрын
So sad...
@eskimojulie
Жыл бұрын
Such. a sad thing .
@richardsandwell2285
Жыл бұрын
This is tragic.
@bluebowser3347
Жыл бұрын
It is outrageous that people are allowed to dump sewage into our rivers and streams.
@foylad4862
Жыл бұрын
We are living in a dark age, and the dominant religeon is the church of progress, which is not aknowledged as a religeon. It's the religeon of the emotionally defective, the spiritually dyslexic and the philosophically depraved. The two creedos of the church of progress is that everything runs in a straight line from primatives to glorious us with our nuclear bombs, nerve gas and our disney lands. The second is that we are the best that there ever was, everything before has led to us and we can do whatever we please with this once glorious planet.
@mikeyazel8725
Жыл бұрын
People that litter should be caught and sentenced to multiple years of trash cleanup and the problem would quickly go away. There must be penalties for bad behavior and what could be better than cleaning things up for those that litter.
@قناةالصيادالصغير
Жыл бұрын
Hello ❤
@xisotopex
Жыл бұрын
we cannot make these things, we can only destroy them.
@Vexation4632
Жыл бұрын
How is it that in 2023 you still have towns without raw sewage treatment? Insanity.
@vodamiinurl1337
Жыл бұрын
Let's talk about the things they're trying to cover up
@kareno8634
Жыл бұрын
*How Beautiful!* _minus [temperrary] ailing water_ Mother Nature is Strong, we just need to stop messing with it. 9:38 is the Start of issue. Same as Kissimmee River in Florida. reminds me to check if finished UNstraightening. LACK of Respect, value on Self rather than What 'Feeds' you. YOU Are WHAT 'THEY' Eat. Too many automatic gadgets, removes Exploring. Education could add reality, Outdoor class shows what happens. 6:50 Too much 'compacted' Housing; ... Sewage in River!?! There are Plants they take up Chemicals, etc ... fertilizing Farm fields too close to edge aids in Runoff. TRUTH is Powerful Ammo.
@fisherman5517
Жыл бұрын
the idiots that poison our water ways should all be sent to prison for a very long time and at the same be made to clear away there mess and restore our water ways to there former glory and clenlines .
@miletech
Жыл бұрын
haha "a pond dippers paradise"! more like a poop dippers paradise amirite
@janettempest716
7 ай бұрын
All our rivers are a disaster my river Cole was beautiful once I think it’s a chalk river. I once saw a kingfisher years ago not anymore. I weep 😢 for our destruction of our rivers they run through our local parks but people let there dogs run in putting off the wildlife 😂
@HaveAFishYaDickhead
Жыл бұрын
and to think it's turned into a dirty, murky river in a short amount of time.
@dickdastardly5534
Жыл бұрын
I don’t think the privatisation of the water companies has helped as its all about profits for those with shares with no regard for cleaning up their acts and the environment.
@Connjur
Жыл бұрын
As a individual who also advocates for the health & well being of our natural waters in the western United States - I truly hope you your neighbors are heard, understood, and serious progress is made to restore this stream back into being. Your video should be shown to a town council meeting - it is very well done, brief, and to the point! Posted with love and high hopes :)
@Pobotrol
Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad I happened upon your video. As a child I had a friend who lived opposite the farm at the source of the river. One morning when I was staying over he showed me the amazing bubbling springs and we spent the day wading and following the river. Such wonderful memories. Such a shame to see how the river has been abused. I hope you can make a real difference to this.
@melhawk6284
Жыл бұрын
Bet that water was ice cold on a hot day! Did you try any of it, if it was safe to do so?
@georgelouis1158
2 жыл бұрын
Good luck with restoration…such a beautiful stream should be cherished ❤ especially by the people lucky enough to live nearby 😊
@clithers
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks George. It will entail lots of agencies “seeing the light“ and agreeing to work together. There’s not been much sign of that thus far and I think it will take a lot more public outcry to shift that position. The shouting starts here!
@rockjockchick
Жыл бұрын
@@clithers the gov. “Save nature!” Ok. We will. The gov. “No. That’s inconvenient.” Bollocks
@simoncoker3180
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. My late Dad grew up in Gaywood and often spoke of the river which ran close to his home, but also of Black Drain which actually goes under the Gaywood river near Queen Elizabeth Avenue. I must admit I didn't realise this was a chalk stream too. I grew up in Heacham in the 70s and remember many happy times spent along, on and often in the Heacham River. We even collected water cress from it by the bridge on the Sedgeford/Heacham road. My best friend live in Snettisham so had similar fun with the Ingol.
@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that, it was so informative. Very depressing what we have done to our rivers. Just hope that as more of us become aware of he issues, the more chance of restoration. I was brought up in South London, it amazing how the Wandle is being transformed, so it can be done if the will is there. Good luck with your efforts. Peter
@outhousefilmworks2075
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I’m glad you got something out of the film. It’s certainly a long hall working on multiple fronts to get sensible strategies in place. I’m glad that the Wandle is getting a bit of TLC It’s easy to get the impression that the Gaywood River is just too much of a challenge for the EA and Drainage Board to even think about tackling. That said, we’re not going away!
@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801
Жыл бұрын
@@outhousefilmworks2075 thanks, keep up the good fight!
@eastsussexbeesandwildlife5801
Жыл бұрын
And I should have said the film was of outstanding quality
@simonwhite5535
Жыл бұрын
Your excellent film breaks my heart. It is incredible to me that notwithstanding the current rush toward river/water catchment restoration/enhancement and all that entails, your river remains ignored. It’s a scandal if the truth be known. If you haven’t already, Kkick up a stink and try to activate the local community, schools etc…perhaps that’ll get the party started. ❤
@TheLookOf
Жыл бұрын
In Holland the dunes have the same function as the chalk in Norfolk. Springs come up at the edge of the dunes. Therefore Haarlem had lots of beer breweries in the middle ages. There still is the Brouwers Kolkje, the spring of the brewers, where very clean water comes to the surface.
@martinh1437
Жыл бұрын
Proberly the best water in the world
@OmmerSyssel
Жыл бұрын
Really? As far as I know Dutch waters are heavily polluted from extreme production of pigs... You are in ongoing conflict with EU regulations while your nature is under severe pressure from heavily polluting farmers.
@annegfox
Жыл бұрын
Ironically, I kept getting ads for garden fertilizers through this video.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
That's deeply ironic. I wonder if Google are listening! If they are "Good afternoon bots, have a lovely Sunday"
@leswallace2426
Жыл бұрын
Superb....fantastic balance between honest reporting of degradation and what can be done to fix it.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Les. Much appreciated.
@footshotstube
Жыл бұрын
: reminder must 'Re-wriggled' to my comservation ecology dicttionary 🤣🤣
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
It’s an essential!
@portcullis5622
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating, if depressing film. A similar sad tale to the Costa Beck in North Yorkshire. A century ago, it was one of the finest grayling rivers in the country. Now it is regularly polluted with untreated sewage, fish farm effluent and silt. The situation has become so bad that Pickering Flyfishers and Fish Legal are taking legal action against Yorkshire Water. Fingers crossed for the right result. The state of our rivers and streams is a national scandal.🤬😡 Things have got much worse since Thatcher's Government privatised the water companies in the late 1980s.
@xcrockery8080
Жыл бұрын
My city implemented an amazing project to divert streams into artificial oxbows where the water slows down, silt drops out, and pollutants are removed. It's been spectacularly successful, and each of the artificial wetland areas is teeming with birdlife and forms a wonderful urban park.
@hexagod1313
Жыл бұрын
What city is that? sounds cool
@revilo00
2 ай бұрын
^
@SleezyZol
Жыл бұрын
I live in Australia and was randomly recommended this but loved the video and the dedication to finding out the root cause. Chalk streams look like an ecological bounty. Keep them safe!
@paulbache3940
Жыл бұрын
Until the agency's and water companies etc are held to account nothing will change, short term profit before environmental considerations is rife throughout thre country
@echognomecal6742
Жыл бұрын
Very important subject, well done & with beautiful footage. Best of luck in environmental improvement! (New York, USA)
@janettempest716
7 ай бұрын
Get swans back on our park lakes. They help keep overs clean they keep getting killed on our parks by dogs and some one poured oil on baby 3 day old swans 😂
@janettempest716
7 ай бұрын
#river#
@chaostime-bn9np
Жыл бұрын
Peter, you and your team did a superb job in creating this presentation - thank you. Your content, delivery, music and overall production drew me in, kept me interested and informed me superbly; so much so, that I'm going to try to visit the rivers next time I visit norfolk and can devote a decent time to it. All the best.
@trevorclarey3336
Жыл бұрын
As someone who go's fly fishing on rivers I see it first hand having fished for 60 year's , so great video Peter .
@davidprocter3578
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, had not realized this was a chalk stream seeing it out of the car window assumed it was a man made drain. I have on occasion seen the Nar looking murky and fretted, these Norfolk chalk streams at some point in the past must have been Salmon rich, god only knows how if reintroduced they would find their way up stream to the gravel beds. Maybe on the Nar just maybe..
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks David. If you're seeing it from the bypass it is indeed a depressing canalised sight. Take a look at Google Maps and you get a few hints as to how the chalk stream used to meander down past Bawsey ruins to Reffley. With the actual water-course being a lot longer it would have run as different speeds in different areas and been a much more varied habitat for invertebrates and the fish species that depended on them. Sadly very few fish survive in the silted and phosphate loaded water. Take a look at Derby and Sugar Fens (SSSI) and it's quite a different story, despite the still over-enthusiastic clearance regimes which are digging the bed ever deeper into the peat and drying the fens out. Keep an eye out for the reclusive native brown trout.
@southerneruk
Жыл бұрын
Not so much Salmon but the close cousin Sea Trout that people keep calling salmon
@davidprocter3578
Жыл бұрын
@@southerneruk I know they are both Salmonids but there are some rather obvious differences, suppose people get over excited seeing a fish and imagination kicks in. I would not mind betting there were salmon in those stream eight thousand years ago.
@southerneruk
Жыл бұрын
@@davidprocter3578 There are salmon in them now, but It's never been that many, Salmon are limited to where they can spawn, the gravel as to be between 1in and 2in and the oxygen level as to be right, but a sea trout can spawn in road side ditches with running water, like all the other trout can
@southerneruk
Жыл бұрын
@@davidprocter3578 Do you know how to tell the difference
@therealzilch
Жыл бұрын
Heartrending. But this is our world. Great reporting, subscribed. Cheers from sunny Vienna, Scott
@bcubed72
Жыл бұрын
Ah, the good gals of Norfolk. Don't drink; don't smoke...Norfolk. (Wait...wrong "Norfolk," there!)
@TheCNCDen
Жыл бұрын
Can't believe you only have 324 subs! Great insight, crazy isn't it, something manking can change and improve instead to many groups focus on issues they have no control over whatsoever!
@maan9176
Жыл бұрын
Great video, hope the river can get restored some day soon!
@williambetts1061
Жыл бұрын
Caught my first fish on the walks seventy years ago never forgot that moment such a shame to see it now.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
I used to catch sticklebacks in the little rivulet that ran round by the swimming pool, just near the bandstand. I keep having people say no, it’s always n like this. Not true! I’d like to make another film featuring people who knew the river when it was clear and know that it doesn’t have to be like this.
@greghanlon2235
Жыл бұрын
Oil Corporations, Monsanto's Roundup and chemical fertilizers strike again? Good video Peter.
@julianmarsh7993
Жыл бұрын
Bang on, instensive farming and big business selling nitrates, phosphates, herbicides and insecticides plays a big part.....Farmers custodions of the countryside....bullshyte.......I would say the river needs millions of tons of gravel reintroducing to make it shallow and increase flow and stop silting.
@StefanMarjoram
Жыл бұрын
A really well told story - though heartbreaking. Really hoping we can see sense and start to put things right again.
@andrewwestburnham3777
Ай бұрын
Well done I like you can cast my mind back to what it was. Sadly we have seen all to much of this in our work over the past few years. Will pass this on to people. Also have seen your update. Thank you
@tylerdurden4289
Жыл бұрын
Just imagine if the 37 BILLION£££ that was wasted on Track and Trace was put to good use on this project and others like it.
@gee3883
Жыл бұрын
The Environment Agency isn't fit for purpose, this depressing pollution is sadly nationwide, it's scandalous.
@anemone104
Жыл бұрын
Sad story, very nicely told with footage showing the issues nicely (and without talking heads).
@JimsAquariums
Жыл бұрын
Excellent video I hope more work is done across the UK ❤
@johnrudy9404
Жыл бұрын
People are a big problem. Too many of them. As a sportsman, it sickens me to see survey markers on land. What comes next is basically shit. People and houses, on land they dont make any more of. My whole life is filled with used to bes...tha used to be a farm, we used to hunt and fish there, it used to be nice. I'm from New Jersey and we really used to be the Garden state. Developers to me are on the same level as criminals. They abuse and rape the land. They often trick land owners into selling at a low price and steal the future from the rest of us. We here in the US at least have conservation organizations funded by sportsmen, like Trout Unlimited, Pheasants/Quail forever and the Pittman Robertson fund, used to preserve and restore habitat, for everyone to use. Good luck in your endeavors. I'm also a fly fisherman and hold English Chalk Streams in high regard. Your stream is a shame.
@d.cypher2920
Жыл бұрын
What a shame. Some day perhaps we will fully realize that a natural solution to agricultural farming issues (pests, weeds, diseases) should be implemented, not synthetic chemicals that our natural world has never had introduced before. 😎🇺🇸
@TheWizardOfTheFens
Жыл бұрын
This is one of the most disheartening and depressing videos I have seen. We are an old Norfolk family coming from Grimston, Hillington and Gaywood. To see what is happening to what is a stunningly beautiful county is shocking.
@kirkbrown8189
Жыл бұрын
A brilliant video, thoughtful , insightful and a strong argument to act and think differently. A specific observation but these problems are universal too.
@kellikelli4413
Жыл бұрын
Movement of water is paramount (unplug it). That's why streets flood too - FYI
@AreHan1991
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful and well made video. Clearly shows from personal experience what can happen when we fuck with nature. Clear, alive waterways turning into turpid, polluted drains 😔
@tonyskilbeck8663
Жыл бұрын
An extremely well thought out and well delivered piece. I could believe my luck when I moved here 8 years ago that I had chalk streams on my doorstep. They are bloody cold though😂😂😂
@Odood19
Жыл бұрын
We need this in the Midwestern US too. Protect all riparian zones, and we can protect the gulf of mexico.
@Manners_Cost_Nothing
Жыл бұрын
brilliant, thank you. Informative, beautiful and heartbreaking. Well done Peter
@fredforsythe8310
Жыл бұрын
The best way to cure all this is Chemtrails, zero CO2. and waste lithium batteries. Oh, and vaccinate all the fish, frogs and anything else that moves.
@CS-zn6pp
Жыл бұрын
The way most Pomologist are taught these days is a one size fits all approach to flood management. Dredge and straighten. Fields should stop 20m from a water course to avoid run off. These are all easy fixes. The sewage is ironic considering the move away from cesspools..
@philthycat1408
Жыл бұрын
That’s nuts. I saw an old map a week ago and the first and only place I read was Castle Rising. Never heard of it and then straight out the blue after clicking on this vid randomly, Castle Rising is mentioned ! One of those vast amounts of co incidences that mean absolutely nothing.
@cliffwoodbury5319
Жыл бұрын
Its sad to look at American rivers. While this one is no different there are a few segments in this video were it is still such a pristine looking and beautiful place. Being industrial isn't an exuse because the U.S. doesn't have Industries like it used to and nations like Germany that have much more Industry per square mile have the most beautiful and healthy lakes and rivers.... i saw this river/stream restoration of a river/stream that had been damned long ago and how they took the built up soil walls and spread them out and all the weedy fields became the most beautiful meadows (11:31 - but whole fields) and some of them were huge. Brown water before the project became crystal clear as rocks in the stream and other rebuilt natural features cleaned the waters....
@truthjunkie2325
Жыл бұрын
I was born in Kings Lynn back in the early 1970's. A river miandered past my house and as children we would play in and around the river. I would fish with my father and friends alike. Years later I would join the army and spend twenty-five plus years overseas. On my return i took it upon myself to visit many areas I went to as a child - both in Norfolk and Suffolk where I grew up. The river where once I played as a child was no longer there and had in fact been turned into a housing development with underground waterways being put in to save redirecting the river. Even now, here in Norfolk where I still live there are many changes to the environment. New housing is overtaking many parts of our countryside which has changed forever the once tranquil country lanes and streams into nothing more than a building site. Home england in partnership have bought hundreds of acres of land all over Norfokl in many small market towns and villages in an effort to expand. This expansion has choked the life from our County and has changed it forever. In an effort to house people that are not even from here and that do not appreciate the area I for one am utterly heartbroken it has come to this. Looking back I ask myself what I thought I was doing when i joined the army. I thought I was protecting my country. However, all I was doing was allowing those from within destroy what we had. England is no more. A once beatutiful part of the world now nothing more that a money making machine for construction and destruction. I'm probably not alone in many of my thoughts on this, and this video certainly shows only but a mere snippet of the destruction of my home County. This is Nelson's County...or it was.
@Meeegot1372
Жыл бұрын
> englishman spends 25 years living in another country > is furious people from other countries are living in england can you not see the irony
@truthjunkie2325
Жыл бұрын
@@Meeegot1372 Some of us make sacrifices so people like you can make comments like this....see the stupidity?
@Emil-Antonowsky
Жыл бұрын
@@Meeegot1372 or.... man spends 25 years trying to sort other shit holes out only to return to find whilst he was away they've turned his home into a shit hole too.
@uppity1
Жыл бұрын
How sad. I hope there is an effort to restore it.
@clithers
Жыл бұрын
There is a campaign to restore the river but there is also a lot of resistance from the responsible agencies who insist along the lines of “there’s nothing wrong and if there is, it’s not our fault.”
@rockjockchick
Жыл бұрын
@@clithers try to remind them it’s not about blame. It’s about healing.
@tonyclack5901
Жыл бұрын
This is so sad to see, yet another once beautifull river like some parts of the Wye, abused and not protected by the people we pay to prevent this, the environment agency. There is no shortage of money. Seen by the vast spending on the recent medical scam and yet the environment agency appear unable to control semerage discharge and farm run off. Its pitifull.
@jenniferholden9397
Жыл бұрын
Why are the Water Authorities allowing this to happen, don’t they get paid enough? Chalk streams are a unique treasure, so why are they looking the other way whilst they are being destroyed? Aren’t they the experts? Time to apply that expertise, please.
@garygrinkevich6971
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate the nuanced explanation of the causes effects and solutions of an environmental hazard, I only wish my American progenitors shared an ounce of your concern. cheers
@alexbeedle3074
Жыл бұрын
The sad fact that water companies remain an immovable private monopoly, they will always prioritise their shareholders returns and executives bonuses above the environment.
@bearhustler
Жыл бұрын
It's disgusting, in the south and east we have this internationally rare habitat of Chalk Streams mostly found here, with a few examples in Northern France and rather than take pride in them and celebrate them we treat them horrifically. If a tiny percentage of the hours of coverage on radio and tv that moorlands and mountains get were focused on Chalk Streams it would be a great thing. So much has been destroyed in the south and east of England that we should take even more care with this habitat that is found almost nowhere else.
@Swaggerlot
Жыл бұрын
Whilst the driving force in the local authorities is money, little chance of doing much and its not just in the UK. The world is not progressing, its regressing.
@xisotopex
Жыл бұрын
yet the "authorities" are willing to do many other things of extremely dubious nature.... here is something with a very definite value but greta isnt screaming about this...
@rowdysgirlalways
Жыл бұрын
Polluted rivers, how very American of you... An American
@stevenwarner9581
Жыл бұрын
buy some shares in the water company and propose a shareholder motion that a proportion of the chief executive's salary be used to clean up each instance of pollution, I believe it would move the company to take its environmental responsibilities serously
@frankparsons1629
Жыл бұрын
A very sad story, maybe hope but depends upon peoples will, especially local folk.
Пікірлер: 238