Cawston Greenway

Creating the Wow Factor

Posted on March 4, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This is the month where the Bird Nesting Season starts. I’ve had a few blue tits checking out the nesting boxes in my garden, but they are not obviously nest-building, and we have the pause before the huge explosion where everything greens up and goes mad.

Nine woodland warriors turned out to finish the section that we started last week. Marcus, Reece, Steve, Ram, Ian, Dave, Andrew, Martin, and Paul. It started at about 4 deg C, so not the spring bounce that everyone was expecting. This is why I prefer to go by the Spring Equinox (20th March) as my start of the new season.

The local farmer has done a terrific job of cutting the hedge, and it would be a crying shame not to take advantage of this and get our side nice and tidy.

We are literally getting rid of scrubby whips and bramble. What we want is wildflowers. The sun hits the ground at about 12 noon, so it should do well.

In my mind, the object of this month is to do all the finishing touches to create that “Wow Factor” for April and onwards, through to September/October.

We broke for a coffee, and we had a bag full of snacks, at half-time.

The views up and down the path, and across the heath. It was starting to warm up a bit, and the hazy cloud was starting to burn away.

Steve and Martin cleared around a huge tree, making it the centrepiece of this whole section.

We want the ivy to drop off. We know that it is good for a lot of wildlife, but it’s everywhere, and we want the tree to stand proud, and also not get top-heavy and risk blowing down in the harsh south-westerly winds that blow in.

We cracked on as it got warmer and warmer, with the sky turning a deeper blue by the minute.

The openness allows people to breathe in time with nature and really relax. It could be sitting at a picnic bench with friends or family, or even on your own, just to sit and contemplate life whilst the world seems to be going crazy at the moment.

These are the views across the heath, and why we are so grateful to the farmer for cutting the hedge.

Basically, we have created a pollinator highway. There is plenty of diversity, trees for structure and shade, open areas, twists and turns in the path to create shelter.

And there are loads of benches to encourage people to use the path.

I love it!

We did some work further south as we try to get the maximum bang for our buck before we have to stop until September.

We are raising the crowns of a lot of the mature trees.

This lets so much light in at the base of the tree, and aesthetically, looks so much better. We can do this for the first few weeks of March while the trees are still dormant.

The size of the branches means the risk of splintering is high, so we do an undercut to get a clean break.

Again, it allows users to get the full benefit of the views beyond the path edge.

The good old Warwickshire countryside.

We had a super-generous donation from Graham, one of our many lovely supporters.

Tools that will be very useful. Thank you, Graham.

And Andrew spotted some rather nice fungus as we worked away today.

Very nice.

Next one is on the Dunchurch Bridleway on Friday, and then next week we are reinstalling a bench and staining a few others as we really push for that “wow factor”.

Until next time!

Paul

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Last One of the Season…

Posted on February 25, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It has literally been all hands to the pump as we try to get as much done before the Bird Nesting Season starts on the 1st March. Some might say that this is also the start of Spring, but I prefer to wait until the Spring Equinox, which is about the 21st March. Literally nothing happens between now and then.

Ten explorers turned out this morning, and we definitely could feel a rise in the temperature. I think it was about 14 deg C at the high point. Dave, Marcus, Ian, David, Reece, Matt, Andrew, Ram, Mark, and Paul put in a shift, which, between the lot of us, equates to 20 man-hours.

The farmer cuts the hedge from the other side and takes a load of the small trees on our side that are growing close to it, which is fine.

We decided to clear the rest before the self-seeding whips became an impenetrable thicket. We really want to get away from that green-tunnel feeling that feels so suffocating and isolating. My hope is that it stops any low-level nefarious activities, too.

We broke for coffee and Maryland cookies at half-time.

Apparently, Maryland is not pronounced as it reads in America, which is where I assume the cookies originate from.

Maryland is generally pronounced “MERR-il-ənd” or “MEH-ruh-lind” (rhymes with “Marilyn”) in America, with the stress on the first syllable and a very light or dropped “d” at the end. AI Overview.

Here in England, it’s a hard MarY and a hard LanD.

Any wiser? No, me neither…

We cracked on, and the view just got better and better.

I love it. It feels like we can breathe with nature and feel at one with the elements.

We also did some finishing-off down the southerly end.

The hedge-trimmer on a pole is a killer to use, but it just opens up the view. The mature trees could do with a few of the lower branches lopped off (raising the crown) just to allow more sunlight to hit the ground, but overall, it feels good.

A kind person has filled up our bird feeders.

And something has broken into one of our nesting boxes. Too late to do anything about it now. If we replace the front, it will smell of humans and put off anything wild. We might get something bigger using the box, maybe starlings or a squirrel. Certainly one to watch.

Dunchurch Bridleway

The wet weather is still hampering us on this part of the trail.

The more we try to work around the flood, the more it seems to encroach on to our newly formed dry land.

We are having to move piles of brash that we cut back last year, which feels incredibly counter-productive, but it is what it is.

The upside of the morning was a bit of a French theme to our coffee break.

We had to eat them quickly, or they too would become part of the soggy nightmare…

The next one is next Wednesday at the bench just north of where we were today.

We had a plan for the Cutting Back Season, and whilst we thought it was going to be a very tall order last September, we have actually done everything that we aimed to do.

A huge thanks to the team, all of our supporters and users. It’s a nice, warm, fuzzy feeling knowing that the path is going to be so good as it all starts to dry out and green up in the next four weeks or so.

Until next time!

Paul

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So Near But So Far

Posted on February 18, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We got tantalisingly close to finishing the connector path that runs between Cawston Greenway and Dunchurch Bridleway. Just about 50 metres to go with a hedge-trimmer and we are about there.

Eleven pathfinders turned out on this cold and blowy morning to forge the trail through No Man’s Land.

Ruby, George, Ram, Steve, Marcus, Ian, Martin, Andrew, Matt, Dave, and Paul braced ourselves against the bitter Arctic wind and smashed through about 120 metres of aged scrub.

It’s savage work because the spiny briars are so intertwined with everything and nothing comes away without a fight.

It feels like we are making no progress as we get to the halfway point, where we break for coffee and a bag full of treats.

A good photo for our “diversity” issues, with Ruby and George both off school due to the half-term holidays.

We cracked on, and it suddenly starts to clear.

We have had so many people complaining that this section is overgrown and not very pleasant. I think we have brought it up to our standard. This was never really our intention; we just wanted to trim the path through it, but those standards are kind of ingrained in us now.

There is just the last 50 metres to do before it breaks out onto a grassy trail. I did the other end over the weekend, so we don’t need to worry about that.

The views are what make this section special, apart from the new warehousing, but it is what it is. They don’t bother me at all, but I know some people feel that the green fields are being gobbled up.

We litter-picked all the way down to the new butterfly clearing.

We are literally just waiting for everything to green up!!

We are also trying to get an information board set up.

Hopefully looking something like this.

We noticed a few trees with numbers on them.

I think possibly tree preservation orders. There is going to be a road cutting through the railway path with a cycle bridge spanning it, so probably something to do with that.

And lastly, benches.

I always thought that we are possibly a bit heavy on our bench numbers, until I saw a trail up north.

The Tissington Trail in the Peak District, and we cannot fail to see the benefits of low hedges along the edges and open views across the countryside.

Can our Warwickshire countryside deliver the same…?

Next one is this Friday, and then next week we are at the last workday before the bird nesting season starts.

We kinda go into a bit of a limbo before it all comes alive in April, and the battle to keep the path wide and open becomes our mission for the spring and summer months.

Thanks for reading if you got this far.

More importantly, if you are feeling like you need something to get you excited and motivated, do something like this, or come along and say hello one Wednesday morning. Bring biscuits, and we will love you forever…

Until next time!

Paul

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Bramble Bashing

Posted on February 11, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

More bramble bashing, or scrub bashing, on the connector path today.

I think we had a 92% chance of rain, but it turned out to be just a few minutes of drizzle, and that was it.

Nine bushwackers (not the slang meaning) turned out to do more, err, wacking of the bush. Dave, Ram, Ian, Steve, Andrew, Matt, David, Martin, and Paul, and we covered a fair bit of ground.

It looked like we were going nowhere fast, and then suddenly the whole thing just opened up.

Remember, it’s all about people being able to see 40 metres or so ahead of themselves so that they can use the path without feeling anxious.

This is the horribly aged scrub that we are removing. It’s the width, and also trying to take out the height so that people can see to the sides.

It looked and felt really good towards the end.

We broke for coffee and super-healthy snacks at half-time.

It was nice to have something a bit different for a change.

We cracked on and managed to get to about the 250 metre point. There is about 150 metres to go before it naturally opens up into grassland, and about 100 metres at the other end before the path goes off to meet the Dunchurch Bridleway.

This is where we got to, looking back, and looking forward. The big clump of scrub on the right-hand side needs to go, so that will be the first job next week.

But it looks welcoming and ready for the spring.

We made a couple of nesting boxes and put them up in the butterfly clearing.

It just adds to the biodiversity and interest. The nesting boxes work out at about £4 each for the timber and odd change for the screws. I could run a sander over them to make them look less rustic, but I like the rough look.

We now have 60 boxes along the trail, so we should see a lot of young birds in May.

We are going to have a lot of bramble coming up in the newly cleared areas, so with Pauline’s generous buy-me-a-coffee donation last week, plus a bit of cash that I found on a gift card, I bought this…

It looks like an ice pick, but it will help us to grub out the bramble roots and allow wildflowers to get established. It’s going to be a battle to keep the bramble down, but it needs to be done.

Dunchurch Bridleway

Me and Dave battled away to try and get around the flooding.

There’s a path through. Hopefully, when it stops raining, we can work out why the water is not draining away.

We discovered Common Ivy actually has a fruit.

Who knew? A superb food source for birds over the winter.

We litter-picked this section as per usual.

It just makes it so much more pleasant to walk when there is no litter about.

And lastly, we have a huge number of hawthorn trees, which are normally better off when used in hedging.

After a bit of YouTube and research, I reckon we can get these trees to look more tree-like and less bush-like.

Watch this space.

Until next time!

Paul

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Frankenstein’s Box

Posted on February 4, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Here we are in a new month and with a new challenge.

We are now on the connector path that connects the Cawston Greenway with the Dunchurch Bridleway, to make the circular route, which means that the three communities of Bilton, Cawston, and Dunchurch are all joined together via the off-road trail.

Eight trailblazers made it out today. Matt, Andrew, Marcus, Ian, Ram, Mark, Reece, and Paul, and we had the one task of taming the bramble scrub to allow unhindered passage through, and also to be able to see above it. This stops the feeling of being trapped in an oppressive and long green tunnel in the summer.

It goes from photo one, to photo two. A much better view.

We did about 100 metres of the 500 metres of scrub before the path naturally opens up.

We possibly went a bit wider than we intended, but it is all good for new growth in the spring.

The aged bramble cuttings were brutal.

I think we are all suffering from embedded thorns in various parts of our bodies.

Coffee and cake was very welcome at half-time.

And then it was back to it.

The path needs to be between two and three metres wide to allow people to walk side-by-side. The end result was encouraging.

400 metres to go and only three workdays left in the month. Hmm, it’s going to be tight.

In other news, we had a bird nesting box fall off a tree late last year, and then some oaf decided to smash it up further…

A little bit of TLC in our workshop soon got it back together again. Sadly, some of the bits were missing so we had to borrow a few items from the pile of scrap wood down the side of my shed. Not the prettiest thing and a bit of a Frankenstein effort, but if it lasts for a few more seasons, it’s a win-win.

We also put up our two new nesting boxes.

We must be getting close to about 60 nesting boxes in total along the two-mile run.

We did a last tidy, down the other end at the butterfly bank, and just thought about trees that would cast shade.

All the decent-sized bits of timber were added to our log pile. This will be an amazing habitat when it starts to soften up as it rots.

We also litter-picked mostly all of the trail.

It helps so much with the calming and peacefulness of the path when there is no litter, or anything else, to distract from the overall experience.

A phrase that I heard this week was “creating complexity out of sameness”. If we just left the scrub edges and simply maintained the path through the middle, it would all be the same limited biodiversity and be pretty boring to walk up and down. We are trying to make it as diverse as possible, both for wildlife and humans.

Lastly, thank you, Pauline, for the generous buy-me-a-coffee donation last week. Much appreciated. I will share with you the exciting new item for our toolbox that it went towards, next week.

Next one is on the Dunchurch Bridleway on Friday, and then back here next Wednesday to push on.

Until then!

Paul

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Butterfly Bank Done

Posted on January 28, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Well, this is just about as good as it gets for now.

Ten wildlife superheroes turned out this morning, on what was the last day working on this section.

Andrew, Reece, Dave, Mark, Steve, Martin, David, Ian, Ram, and Paul made a last-ditch attempt to create a platform for wildflower-rich grass to grow and be the perfect habitat for butterflies, bees and other insects.

We have left some trees, which goes against Butterfly Conservation advice, but we are just a bit overloaded with cuttings, so we need to give nature a chance to catch up by rotting down all the brash from the last few weeks.

We will seed the bank with a wildflower mix at the start of March to get it off on the right foot.

We broke for coffee and biscuits at half-time.

And then cracked on with the job in hand.

I’ve tried to take follow-on shots to show the whole bank.

Basically it’s 30 metres wide. We could extend it in September (when the bird nesting season is over) but I think we want to keep a decent bank of scrub between clearings, so we will probably try to copy this one a little further north and leave a 20 metre block of bramble in between. It’s all about balance and biodiversity.

Looking southwards, the sun is behind the trees. It will be way higher in the sky in the spring and summer, but we will mark any trees that are causing dense shade and thin them out next year.

Hopefully, we have done enough to create the hot zone on the bank that we are looking for.

We had a tree come down in the recent storm, so Andrew and Steve took care of it.

Nature’s way of thinning out trees!!

We also reattached a couple of bird nesting boxes.

We have two new ones to put up next week.

A little gift from one of our sponsors…

And we drilled holes in the new tree stumps to help them to rot away.

I guess water gets in and helps the wood to break down?

Lastly, we got rid of a couple of bigger bits of timber that just seemed to distract from the overall flow.

This will be a wonderful dead-wood habitat for so many insects and is pretty much at the start of the food-chain.

We did the usual litter-pick to keep it a stress-free trail.

And that is pretty much it for January.

Dunchurch Bridleway

Four of us turned out last Friday to release more of the veteran trees.

Ian, Dave, David, and Paul.

We very quickly found that the ground was waterlogged.

A quick change of plan got us working around an old yew tree, and making an area for wildflowers to come up.

It was incredibly wet, and most of the trees that we took out were nearly falling over under their own weight.

Nothing perks us up better than coffee and chocolate biscuits.

We finished with a habitat log pile for insects.

Next week we move southwards to the connector path that keeps the two trails connected and the decent off-road path between the three communities that we cover, namely, Bilton, Cawston, and Dunchurch.

Until next time!

Paul

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We Survived Blue Monday

Posted on January 21, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

What is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year came and went. Blue Monday, supposedly the 3rd Monday of the New Year. Apparently, a lot of people have run out of money due to Christmas overspending, the weather being totally gloomy, and everyone’s New Year’s resolutions have gone for a burton, so there is not much to be happy about.

It really is a recipe for disaster if you start to dwell on the rubbishness of it all.

But we all seem to have managed our way through it unscathed.

Even the weather played ball.

As of 8am this morning, the forecast was saying that there was a 92% chance of rain. Not a drop came down for the whole session.

Despite scratching my head at how wrong the weather forecasters can be, when they have but one job, I was secretly, incredibly thankful, because it was horribly wet underfoot, so it had rained a lot previously.

Despite the soggy outlook, nine of us braved a good old soaking. Matt, Ram, Marcus, Dave, Andrew, Martin, Steve, Ian, and Paul. Some of us brought waterproof clothing, so that definitely ensured that there would be no rain…

We cracked on with the butterfly clearing.

Ideally, the ground needs to be cleared totally, but we are running out of places to dump all the brash (cuttings), so some trees are going to have to stay. We cleared more of the overhang, so we now just need to wait until spring and summer and see what comes up.

Over the summer a lot of what we have piled up will drop as the smaller branches rot away. The wildlife value that all of this dead wood will bring will be enormous. So many insect larvae will burrow into it and eventually become food for birds and other wildlife. We can already see robins and other small birds hopping about under the cover of the brash, foraging for a meal.

At half-time we broke for hot coffee.

Martin did the honours and kept us all warm and watered.

And then we started to have a bit of a tidy up.

The bank looking from the top, and then from the bottom.

And up and down the path.

As we can see, there are huge swathes to green up with wildflowers and grass. It’s gonna look good.

We started drilling holes into the stumps to help them to rot down.

The impact driver broke so we had to stop. We now have a new one, so we will carry on next week.

The good thing with sticking with Wickes is that all of the batteries fit across our whole range of tools.

We also found a decent-looking fungus.

And we also discovered this strange, almost glowing plant.

Apparently, it’s called Rough-stalked Feather-moss, although it reminded me of Homer Simpson more than anything else.

We also litter-picked.

The more we cut back the scrub, the more we are finding aged litter, and the occasional bit of furniture!!

The next one is on Friday at Dunchurch, and then we are back here next Wednesday for a final sweep through and tidy.

Until then!

Paul

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Blue Monday Approaches

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

That third Monday of a New Year, when everyone feels deflated, spent out, and thoroughly down, because of the miserable winter weather and early dark nights, that just seem to drag on and on.

The antidote, of course, is to do something like what we are doing. Seek out the company of others and do something to feel positive about.

I don’t mean start cutting trees down and making paths, although that will probably do the trick to shake off the winter blues, but just do something positive.

If I hadn’t found what we are doing on the greenway, I too would be moping around, counting the days until the ice turns green.

So despite the cold, seven of us turned out like Eskimos, froze to the bone, before we started moving around. Reece, Steve, Marcus, Dave, Mark, Ram, and Paul.

We have taken advice from Butterfly Conservation on how to maximise the southerly-facing bank for butterflies and moths. We are on the right track.

Basically, we need to clear the bank as much as possible and give it a hard rake to get the seeds in the ground to wake up in the spring. It’s hard graft, but we are trying to do a block at a time to at least feel like we are making progress.

Hot coffee and flapjack couldn’t come quickly enough at break time.

Even the basecamp looks drab and lifeless.

And then more of the same.

The clearer the bank, the better, but we need to do it in bite-sized chunks, or we will get dispondent.

Towards the end, we could start to see it taking shape.

Sunshine is already starting to hit the ground. When the sun is higher in the sky, it will transform the whole section.

We also got rid of a load of stumps between the Bear Bridge and the Cawston Underpass. Here is a selection of what seemed like lots more.

We need to drill holes into the top of the stumps to kill off the roots. This is what happens when the woodland is not managed properly. Trees start growing in the wrong place and at funny angles as they fight for daylight.

Sadly, they had to go…

We also litter-picked the whole northern end.

Personally, I would rather the youth sit down here and enjoy a couple of beers. They are not bothering anyone, or being bothered themselves, and picking up a few empty cans is a small price to pay. We could put a bin down here, but then we have to remember to empty it, so it’s probably not really worth it.

I would much rather this be the situation than them hanging around the parks and shops.

We are back in the same place next week, so come along if you fancy sharing a coffee and a bit of company. Don’t let those winter blues get to you.

If you want to see what we are aiming to do, check out last week’s blog and the Long Itchington butterfly habitat.

I promise you, it will look absolutely superb in the spring and summer.

Until next time!

Paul

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The Start of our 17th Year…

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Who would have thought that we would be turning out once a week, every week, for such a long time? Sixteen years under our belts – 832 workdays (appox 10,000 man-hours), and 52 more workdays for this coming year. Incredible commitment.

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We have the northern part of the path turning eastwards. If east to west is our flat line, we are at 31 degrees to it. This means that the northerly bank will get sun for most of the day.

And the northerly-facing side gets a little tickle of sunshine in the late afternoon, from about 3pm as far as I can tell, and the evening, but the main part of the day has our southerly-facing side awash with sunshine and a real hot zone.

We started the week by calling in the professionals.

We just needed that little bit of oomph to get us going.

It was a cold start.

We need to get rid of the overhanging trees on the edge of the path, so that sunlight can get to the path floor and the bank on the other side.

At the moment, it is always in the shade and just a pretty dead and damp space.

Jamie at JR Tree Care did a superb job on the first 150 metres. We now have to decide if we can afford to have him back to do the remaining 150 metres before the bird nesting season starts.

Thanks to all the buy-me-a-coffee donations over the last few months that went towards this.

We couldn’t do it without you.

We regrouped today to tidy up and kinda get a focus on what we are trying to achieve.

What we want is the whole of this bank to be a prime habitat for bees, butterflies and moths. Bear this in mind, and I will show you what we hope to achieve towards the end of this post.

Seven of us made it today and cracked on. Marcus, Steve, Matt, Reece, Mark, Martin, and Paul. We’re trying to manage all the brash into some sort of a hedge, and the bigger logs into piles.

It just seemed like an endless task today…

We’re trying to make scallops that will keep the warmth in pockets along the edge as the sun pushes around throughout the day.

It looks messy. There is no two ways to say it, but just have a bit of faith.

We broke for coffee and bacon rolls at half-time.

Much-needed hot food, and then cracked on…

We can see the sunlight starting to work its way in, even with it being so low in the sky.

It will all green up. Trust me…

This is what an established butterfly habitat looks like.

The path runs in a north-westerly trajectory, which gives us a lot of hope with our near south-facing aspect.

Loads of work to do, so we decided to camp on our section for the next few weeks/months and just get it as clear as possible.

It’s gonna be worth it.

We also litter-picked to keep it a pleasant place to walk, unwind, and de-stress.

Lastly, a new fungus popped up

Sheathed Woodtuft, according to my ID app.

We’ve got loads to do over the next two months, but with our “can-do” attitude, I’m sure we will get to where we need to be.

Here is something funny to keep us laughing.

Next one is this Friday on the Dunchurch bit, releasing the veteran trees from the scrub, and then back here for the foreseeable…

Until next time!

Paul

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Last Workday Of The Year

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Well, here we are at the end of another year on our quest to maintain a nature trail that does three things.

Create a wildlife corridor for a biodiverse mix of flora and fauna.

Make the trail accessible to everyone. Youth, young families, mature people, walkers, cyclists, geocachers, nature lovers, picnicers, mobility scooters and pushchairs.

A place to go to find balance and mental well-being. Green time is so good for us all.

I think we are doing pretty well on all fronts, and can now add another pillar to the original three.

A trail that connects communities – Bilton (Admirals), Cawston, and Dunchurch.

If you would like to support us as we move into 2026, hit that Buy Me A Coffee link on the right and drop us a couple of quid. It really does help so much.

Today was bitterly cold with a starting temperature of -2 °C (28.4 °F), so nobody wanted to be standing around for too long.

It’s always a bit tricky organising workdays over Christmas and New Year, but we had a good turnout with Dave, Marcus, Steve, Martin, Andrew, Matt, and Paul. The mission was to cut scallops into the section between the Cawston Underpass and Berrybanks.

The path turns eastward, so we really want to maximise the south-facing bank, but we don’t want to open the whole thing up. We felt that it would be better to have large scallops so that microclimates can exist in little pockets.

Still a little bit of work to do, but it’s taking shape nicely.

We broke for coffee and an assortment of chocolates at half-time.