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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Hi All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>It’s spring again, and time for another reminder about
Giant Hogweed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>It’s an invasive plant that now grows commonly along
river banks. Fairly easy to spot (especially later in the season when it can
get really big), but it is a potential hazard during spring/summer as contact
with its sap can cause a severe toxic skin reaction (see links below). It dies
back in the winter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'><a
href="http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Information/GiantHogweed.htm">http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Information/GiantHogweed.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'><a
href="http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=x20060802142545511440">http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=x20060802142545511440</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>There has been some sprouting up on the far end of the island
below the clubhouse, but the Council/Environment Agency have recently been down
there spraying it with herbicide. I would suggest we don’t use that area
for a couple of weeks while the dead plants rot down and the herbicide
dissipates – after that we should be OK.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Watch out for it on river trips generally – if you have
to portage, try to stick to paths/open ground and avoid forcing your way through
dense undergrowth unless you really have to (especially if you are wearing
shorties). If you do come across any, don’t be tempted to chop it down
with your paddles – that just increases the risk of contacting the sap.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>As far as I know, no-one in the club has ever been injured by
it – but let’s all be careful and keep it that way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Steve<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:windowtext'>Steve Henderson, Chairman, Leeds Canoe Club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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