In October our secretary joined other rivers trust representatives in Cornwall on an introductory training course to identify diffuse water-pollution from agriculture, a joint project between the Association of Rivers Trusts and the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative (ECSFDI). The course was part classroom based at Duchy College, Stoke Climsland and partly practical farm visits and was run jointly by Dr. Laurence Couldrick and Ross Cherrington of Westcountry Rivers Trust. Hopefully when we are working with farmers and landowners on future projects we will also be able to offer some of this free advice. In April 2010 there will be a follow-up Advanced Course designed to provide us with an in-depth knowledge of the diffuse pollution problems and potential solutions in terms of economic and environmental savings.