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A prickly customer
Tuesday 30 May 2023
As we ended last week with a Gordon Ridgewell special, so we shall begin this. Over to the great man himself… “I let the dog out last night just before going to bed and had to go and investigate after a lot of barking. After turning on the floodlights, I found that Jako had got […] Read more >
The Big House
Friday 26 May 2023
A nice little sign-off for you at the end of the week with this image of Audley End House from photographer Gordon Ridgewell: “The Big House was looking nice as I drove past – I just had to stop to add another shot to my collection,” he tells us. Read more >
Rooftops and car parks can power the country to more than half its solar energy targets, finds new CPRE report
Friday 26 May 2023
More than half of the solar panels required to hit government net-zero targets could be fitted on rooftops and car parks, a new report for CPRE, the countryside charity, has found. The research, by the UCL Energy Institute, shows that decarbonising the grid requires far less land than previously feared. The government is advised to […] Read more >
Light pollution means vast majority of us can’t enjoy wonder of a properly dark sky, CPRE’s Star Count shows
Wednesday 24 May 2023
Light pollution affects the vast majority of the population, with three-quarters of people in the UK finding their view of the night sky obscured, new data has shown. The results of Star Count 2023, released by CPRE, the countryside charity, find only 5 per cent of people can enjoy the wonder of a truly dark […] Read more >
Join us for a free talk: ‘How the planning system works, and how to influence it’
Wednesday 10 May 2023
We have something rather special for you this month – a FREE planning seminar. Andrew Wood, former CPRE planner, will be giving a talk entitled How the planning system works, and how to influence it at the Essex Record Office Conference Centre, Chelmsford, on Friday, May 19. For the event we will use real-world examples […] Read more >
Housing matters: CPRE Essex chairman in the media spotlight
Monday 24 April 2023
It isn’t always easy to attract the attention of our written media – indeed sometimes you’re grateful just for a response to a press releases or suggested story – so we’re delighted to report that David Knight, CPRE Essex chairman, has been quoted at length in a national newspaper. David was talking to the Express […] Read more >
The spring glory of the lesser celandine
Tuesday 11 April 2023
Arguably no flower heralds spring more than the lesser celandine – and image wizard Gordon Ridgewell photographed “masses” while walking around the Holy Trinity churchyard in Littlebury. Read more >
Out to the colourful borderlands
Monday 10 April 2023
Photographer Gordon Ridgewell is clearly ready for the opportunities provided by spring. He tells us: “I had a ride out to Chrishall – you can see the Cambridgeshire border from there. “Having picked up a real camera, I was looking for a good viewpoint and realised I could get a better shot if I reached […] Read more >
Might spring finally be here?
Wednesday 22 March 2023
Hope springs eternal, as photographer Gordon Ridegwell demonstrated with a wander around Littlebury… “I just ventured out as it is a little warmer and found sheep grazing in the meadow near the mill.” Thank goodness for that hint of warmth – it has seemed a long winter. Read more >
Talk proves a winter winner… trust us
Monday 20 March 2023
The date… Wednesday, February 22. The time… 6.30pm. The place… your laptop. Yes, it could mean only one thing: the CPRE Essex winter talk. Choosing to do things a little differently this time round, we elected to have just the one talk over the season – and so it fell to Dr Andrew Impey, chief […] Read more >