Mike Overall who chaired the Revive the Wye Partnership since its formation in 2007 stood down as RTW chairman at the end of last year and the RTW Steering Group unanimously welcomed Penelope Tollitt as Mike’s successor.

Penelope is well known to supporters of the River Wye as the former Head of Planning and Sustainability at Wycombe District Council. She now runs her own planning and design consultancy, Making Places Together. She is a member of the Chiltern Society and a voluntary non-executive director of Chiltern Rangers.

Penelope and Mike worked together in a gradual handover during the lockdown period, during which time the Steering Group’s activities were necessarily limited.

Penelope is planning to resume Steering Group meetings very shortly, which will provide an opportunity to review RTW’s activities in the light of various changes, including an increased national focus on the need to protect the UK’s precious chalk streams.

Penelope can be contacted here.

Huge thanks to everyone who joined the party of ten River Wye Conservation Volunteers tackling overgrown vegetation on the Hughenden Stream in Hughenden Park.

It proved to be a slow and difficult job, both in the stream and on the banks, but it was well worth the effort and everyone enjoyed the outing.

There is still more to do and if you’d like to join us in the future register your interest now.

The River Wye Conservation Volunteers were in action on the Holywell Mead wetland area on 16 June 2021, making a start on removing unwanted nettles and other invasive plants. 

Thanks go to leader Roger, and volunteers Jane, Marion, Mike and Steve.