Stuart Clark

I have just got off the phone with Stuart Clark, who works for West Reading.
He says that the first record of Bucklebury ford is from 1881 on an OS map. The reasons there is not a bridge there are a)When the ford was created, there were no cars, only horse and cart or other things like that, b)The ford is not very busy so there is not much point in investing time and money into this if it is rarely used, c)There is a footbridge for pedestrians so they can get across easily enough, d)There is a water meter so the driver will know exactly how deep it is and will decided for themselves whether to drive through.
He says that the river Pang is mainly filled from springs and the water level is usally pretty predictable, this ford is a run off of the Pang.
Also, the only vehicles that tend to go through it are large vehicles, like tractors, and the cars of locals who know how deep it is.
I hope this will help with our project.
Thanks again to Stuart.

Tilda