Nicola Chester
Aug 25, 2022
2 minutes
“The water has, unsurprisingly, been very low in our downland village pond this summer. Water does not stay on the high chalk; the rounded hills shed it quickly, or it percolates through porous chalk aquifers to trickle out, months later, into chalk streams below.
Each time I pass the pond, I glance to see if the legendary ‘Big Ole’ has revealed itself. It dawns on me that this was
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