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The culvert has gone!

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Let the water run free; the culvert has been removed! Thank you so much to all the diggers who turned out (and the sun which made a surprise appearance) to haul mud, rock, bricks and concrete. To our surprise we found that the concrete pipe had been put inside an older (possibly Victorian) brick culvert. We’ve left the bottom half of that in place. Within two hours we were finished and we tucked into fabulous pasties (from The Larder) and cake (by Barb). A job well done!

While the vegetation around the stream recovers please keep away from the banks.

Removing top soil
Removing top soil
A new bridge (Oct 2025)

We have a bridge!

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We have a bridge! Thanks to John Melrose at Somerset Council for organising it and Sam and crew from Quantock & Exmoor for installing it today.

We’ll be organising a volunteer day in a few weeks to dig out the culvert and make good the banks; details to follow along with pasties and cake!

Photo of bowstring bridge designed by Richard La Trobe Bateman

We’re getting a bridge!

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On Wednesday 22 October contractors working for Somerset Council are going to be installing a bridge (although not the one in the picture!) to cross over the stream on the Langley Moor footpath.  So no more slippy slidey escapades in the winter that have ended up with some people taking a tumble.

The bridge will be slightly to the side of the current crossing, closer to the big alder tree, so access across the stream should still be possible while works are underway.  If they don’t finish on Wednesday they’ll come back to finish on Thursday.

When the bridge is finished we’ll organise a volunteer day to dig out the concrete culvert and open up the stream.

And in case you’re wondering, the bridge in the picture is designed by Richard La Trobe Bateman of Bath – we can always dream!

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There was More on the Moor

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This year for the first time Langley Moor hosted artists as part of the Ten Parishes Festival.

Taking part were Rachel Gundry (stone carving), Tom Waugh (sculpture), Simon Healy (posts), Phil Hocking (reed pens and natural inks), Nick Bickford (storieds and willow sculptures), Annie Jeffs (stories), Sarah Lovett (natural sculptures) and everyone from the two days of workshops at the Community Centre at the end of August.

The feedback has been great and having the tent in the old linhay gave everything a focal point. We’re sure to do something again next year!

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Water Quality

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Took part in Earthwatch’s water testing exercise at the weekend. Sadly the stream on Langley Moor (measured just upstream from where it exits the field) is rated as having poor ecological value. Not entirely surprising given that there is a sewage works discharging upstream and cattle in the field next door, but it shows that even after six years of no livestock or chemicals it’s really hard to get good water quality.Text content