In article 20190825184720.6e902143@Mars,
Rob Morley wrote:
On Sun, 25 Aug 2019 03:03:08 -0700 (PDT)
George Miles wrote:

Could we force the farmer to dig out the watercourse and bury a pipe
to drain it as it was originally?

Could you arrange to have it done yourselves, quickly and without asking
anyone else?

Have you contacted the Environment Agency?

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