We love Rivermead Island. So do you! We are sent many beautiful photos taken there for our Local Capture page. Rivermead Island is blessed with some stunning mature trees, including the iconic plane tree (see photo on the right). Long may it remain healthy!
To preserve the nature of the island, there have been new trees planted recently, and over the years, they will ma-ture and give future generations trees to enjoy.
But it is sad to see that the recent storms have toppled some of the giants on the island. That in itself is upset-ting, but to see their aftermath being left, both on the ground and also in the river (see left) is all the more so. We are all for encouraging in-sects and wild life, but this seems more like lit-tering. We hope the powers that be might see fit to tidying this beauty spot and making the river safe for the current boating season.