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December Update

I write this as a further national lockdown is announced across the whole Country which will heavily restrict any work the High Sheriff c...

November News

As the Country plunged into Lockdown 2, the High Sheriff retreated behind his computer screen but with renewed confidence that you can st...

October Update

October 2020 may be remembered for being the wettest October on record, but this did not deter the High Sheriff from battling the constra...

September News

It is really refreshing to start my September notes by saying ‘I’ve had a busy month’ , and as the lockdown eases, the schools go back an...

August Update

In a month of weather extremes, harvest and staycations the High Sheriff has made some interesting visits to some of the lesser known loc...

July News

If you snooze, you loose and no High Sheriff wants to be a loser, so no pandemic is going to get in our way of seeing all that Hertfordsh...

June Update

June has been no easier for an active High Sheriff as the lockdown is still enforced, but the virtual Sheriff and his FLOSH (First Lady o...

May Update

Lock down continues and the High Sheriff is shackled to his desk and the Zoom screen. However, no different to all those in public office...

April Update

A High Sheriff in isolation is a slight contradiction in terms – there isn’t a lengthy job specification but there is a requirement to ge...

New High Sheriff zooms into office

My year of office began on Saturday 4th April, not in the traditional way with a Declaration Ceremony, but via a video link from my home....

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