Slurry / digestate pipes.

Thu 31 Jul, 11:39

Yes, thank you Rob for giving us a clearer picture now. That leak was on the last stretch of  straight pipe parallel to the permissive track where it turns off  into the woods leading to the Old Shed . I took a photo of it at the time ( but I doubt that would help much)

Thu 31 Jul, 10:41

Thanks Rob for your detailed answer -  it's always interesting to know what is being grown around us!

Wed 30 Jul, 17:59 (last edited on Wed 30 Jul, 18:48)

PFAs may not be in food digestate

Wed 30 Jul, 08:15

The product being spread is digestate from a plant at Cassington. It is coming on artic tanker lorries to the Saltway and pumped through 8inch pipes to the tractor with a 30m boom. The pump can push it up to 2.5km. There should not be a leak i will check that out. The ground around Hundley Way has had the winter wheat harvested and has been drilled with Stubble Turnips. The digestate should give the plant enough Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium to establish if we also get some rain. The turnips will be grazed with sheep through the winter then the ground will then be drilled with a flower mix next spring for pollinators and insects.

Tue 29 Jul, 16:11

Fascinated this morning on walking up Hundley Way and off on path towards Old Shed, to see an over ground pipe ( laid on the ground) stretching further than I could see, while a tractor was in a nearby field spreading it with one of those wide “winged” spreaders. ( Sorry I don’t really “do” agricultural lingo.)
Where would the pipeline have started from? I was a little daunted by a leak on it and there was a fair amount just spewing out onto the ground in that spot. I wondered about contacting somebody, but had no clue who, or indeed  whether or not this leakage  happens often.