The Bourne that flows out of the spring fed pond to the north of Duncombe Wood, and then flows north to the corner of Coombe Road near the village, is still running. It usually dries up for the summer months. The date varies every year, depending on rainfall. Last year it stopped running on 14 June. This year due to the excessive late spring and summer rainfall it may run right through the summer. What summer you may ask!
(A bourne is an intermittent stream , flowing from a spring. Frequent in chalk and limestone country where the rock becomes saturated with winter rain, that slowly drains away until the rock becomes dry, when the stream ceases)
