Category Archives: Volunteer Rangers

If you bag it, don’t leave it.

Posted on July 11, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

It is hard to understand the mentality of some visitors who take pains to bag their dog’s mess and then throw it into a tree. Plastic bags blight the landscape for years to come. Visitors need to be aware of … Continue reading →

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If you blinked you missed it.

Posted on July 10, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

This advertising sign appeared overnight on the New Road coming up the hill from Northchurch, and was spotted by Richard our Volunteer Ranger. The Trust were informed and it quickly disappeared. The sign was “designed with care and built with … Continue reading →

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Princess Anne’s Plantation

Posted on July 6, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Looking west from Duncombe Terrace. It seems that the volunteers who were working last Thursday were not in fact in Princess Anne’s Plantation – they were in fact working close to Duncombe Terrace  to the north of the plantation. Part … Continue reading →

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Unusual event – part two

Posted on July 1, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

The question was asked “Can any of you ‘Followers’ guess where this is? Richard was out litter picking when he stumbled across the concrete post with GB on it.” After speaking with Lawrence it turns out that there are a … Continue reading →

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Garage Clearance? – found in Dockey Wood car park

Posted on June 28, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Another incident of fly tipping has occurred. This time in Dockey Wood car park.

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Unusual Event – 21st June

Posted on June 21, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

‘Picnicking in style’ To mark the longest day a party arrived from Chipperfield in a Stanley 1914 – People Carrier, for a picnic. Very English, but wait the car is an American model 812 Mountain Wagon, developed to carry passengers … Continue reading →

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Illegal activity in Ashridge

Posted on June 12, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Take a bike ride along the footpath through the woods at Aldbury Nowers. It only takes seven minutes on the video. Illegal of course because it is not a bridleway, but this is what some mountain bikers get up to … Continue reading →

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Notices going missing

Posted on June 9, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

A post from one of our new volunteer rangers, Richard. Early this week the Trust installed several wooden frames on Northchurch Common with notices asking people to keep to the wide paths to avoid disturbance to skylarks nests. By the … Continue reading →

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Wild flowers at Down Farm

Posted on June 8, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Bee orchids – don’t you just love them! The flowers mimicking a bee so that they can get pollinated. Early gentian – a very rare flower even at Ashridge.

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Off-road motorbikes

Posted on June 5, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Off-road motorbikes have been seen in the Ashridge area recently and Lawrence Trowbridge has been informed. If you see any incidents, take details and  report it to the Estate Office .  

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