LATEST INFORMATION

• Japanese knotweed?
  
  
• Cold Ash Blog!
  
  
• Fancy a climb this summer?
  
  
• Cold Ash Twittering!? - A new way to get updates fast!
  
  
• Latest copy of the bulletin!
  
  

• Cold Ash website is searchable

• Calendar of upcoming events (please send me any events that you think should be shown here)

• The website has an RSS feed - please try it out and tell me what you think
  (if you don't know what one of these is don't worry, but it may be something to google and find out about!)

Cold Ash Fête

Is this Japanese knotweed??

"We are not certain that it is Japanese Knotweed, but there is a strange triffid-like plant growing in the ditch along The Ridge, near the field gates to Westrop Farm, which looks very like it from the pictures we have found on the internet.

If it IS Japanese Knotweed, then it seems that it is the most invasive plant ever seen in the wild in the UK and is VERY VERY difficult to get rid of (google it and see for yourselves). There are even various laws about it and its control... It can grow to 3-4m high and stifle all around it. It seems to be resistant to most, if not all herbicides.

I am about to 'phone West Berks to see if it is 'notifiable' and will post my findings shortly.

In the meantime if anyone can ascertain what it is, and eliminate JK then we can relax.

However a word of warning: it can reproduce from any part of the plant NO MATTER HOW SMALL! So don't pick a piece (unless you burn it afterwards); don't flail it, chop it or otherwise encourage it's propagation.

Watch this space. If you wish you can phone us on 862500.

Ann and Robert Olive"

Summer Abseil for British Red Cross in Berkshire

"We have our 4th annual midsummer abseil on Friday 18 June near Reading station and I hope that you could include the details in your next publication.

It is a great event, lots of fun ( if you have a head for heights!) and 5 minutes walk from Reading station so would-be brave hearts can pop along at the end of the week, abseil 120ft and go home with a feel good factor!

We ask everyone to raise £100 sponsorship. The funds will be used to provide services to people in Berkshire
Thank you
regards
Anne Huddart"

www.redcross.org.uk/readingabseil or 0118 951 4801

Twitter

Is anyone interested in following a Cold Ash Twitter account? If you have no idea what I mean then that's fine. I thought it could be used when the website is updated, or as reminders for road closures, accidents (trees down etc). Let me know here

If you follow ColdAshVillage and send updates top your mobile phone, you can get these updates instantly. I have tweeted about bin collections, lost glasses, and general updates to the website. I could send out Neighbourhood watch information (did you know there had been burglaries on The Ridge?).

THE COLD ASH BULLETIN

Find the latest copy of the Bulletin here:

SEARCH THE COLD ASH WEBSITE

• Do you have problems finding things on the site?
• Do you just know that you've seen it here before but can't for the life of you remember where it was?
• Do you wonder whether you can get splinters in Cold Ash?

These and many more questions answered by the new search facility!

Try it out and email editor@coldash.org.uk to let me know what you think!

DID THE SEARCH ABOVE NOT WORK FOR YOU? TRY A GOOGLE SITE SEARCH!

CALENDAR

I am changing the calendar and putting all events into a Google caledar. This should make it easier for me to update events and will also allow those of you with Google calendars to incorporate this into yours. Let me know what you think!