Helen

Find me at Villa Park 🦁 or listening to Taylor Swift 🎼

[Helen @helz83]

@goatly267167 @AVFCOfficial Nope quite the opposite ballot of who knows how many tickets if you’ve never been to a game before - you couldn’t make it up could you? New members having their own pot of tickets

[Helen @helz83]

@theterracestore 3-1 England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Helen @helz83]

@CPFC @RedBullUK @eightyfourosaur another loss to Palace 🥺

[Paul Powlesland @paulpowlesland]

Before & After…

If anyone doubts the power of community action over the @EnvAgency’s spineless inertia, you can walk to the outskirts of Ilford & walk along an ancient lost river to see for yourself.

With 10 days of intense effort by dedicated volunteers, the river River Roding Trust managed to clean up & restore 250 metres of the Aldersbrook (about 1/3 of the brook). This allows a direct comparison between the parts of the brook we restored & those we haven’t got round to yet.

These photos & videos are all from May 2026. The first is on a part of the Aldersbrook still to be restored & shows the old flood defences which are no longer needed & are killing the river but which the EA won’t remove unless we volunteers pay them £50,000 just for surveys. These defences have caused 2-3ft of stinking sludge & silt to build up over 70 years, such that the water in the brook is just a few centimetres deep. Combine with huge amounts of rubbish & and out of control knotweed infestation & the river ecosystem is essentially dead. A river that is older than England destroyed by official indifference.

A hundred metres away, and it’s a different story. The rubbish & the invasive species (I sprayed the knotweed myself last autumn) are gone. The silt that used to clog the river is now spread on the banks & rapidly providing fertile ground for native plants. Instead of sludge, there’s 2-3ft of water, so fish have returned to the brook for the first time in decades, along with dragon flies, herons & a nesting moorhen. We river guardians knew our intervention would make a difference, but have been shocked at quite how quickly nature has come back. The restored Aldersbrook is now a rare jewel: pretty much the last fully natural tidal brook in London.

The EA now has a choice. It can salvage some good from this situation & work with us to restore the remaining sections of the brook, or it can continue to do nothing. If the latter, river guardians *will* be back this winter to finish the job & the EA can see how well prosecuting volunteers for restoring a river without permission goes for them.

[Helen @helz83]

@eightyfourosaur @Chunk13av I’d have them in my garden 😂

[Helen @helz83]

@AVFC_AP @WhatTheForkAVFC It really is 😂

[Helen @helz83]

Drinks all round UTV 💜

[Aston Villa @AVFCOfficial]

A COMEBACK WIN ON THE FINAL DAY 😮‍💨

[Helen @helz83]

@JimmyTheBrummie @0neAstonVilla We’ve all been thinking about you. Take care 💜

[Helen @helz83]

@jmcginn7 @Villa_Nik Best captain UTV 💜 enjoy the World Cup

[Helen @helz83]

@danielhavfc Uncle John ☺️

[Helen @helz83]

@EzriKonsa @AlanWil29662916 So special 💜

[Helen @helz83]

@jodielouiseart I read this but then just saw that other bit lower down. 😂

[Helen @helz83]

@jodielouiseart Oh brilliant not sure what I just read 😂

[Helen @helz83]

@natsiobhan_ Yes I am not sure whereabouts to stand

[Helen @helz83]

@TDEAVFC @chrchll 😂

[Helen @helz83]

@Real_Rob_Warner @espenstrand I love this. Hopefully a night to remember! UTV

[Helen @helz83]

Villa fans sound so loud already - Cashy can’t hear the questions! Brilliant - enjoy to everyone in Istanbul UTV 💜 #utv

[Helen @helz83]

Emotional 💜

[Ezri Konsa @EzriKonsa]

Believe, Villans.

Before the Final, I wanted to take in the moment to share a few words with you all 💜

https://t.co/axZBb34j4J

[Helen @helz83]

@jmcginn7 @Parc01 What a captain you are 💜