Has Winter started? I never know if it’s the 1st or 21st of December… But whichever way you look at it, it was a cold day today…

We made superb progress today and have the whole of the southern part of the path, that’s in cutting, wide enough to avoid the muddy puddles in January and February.

We also did a litter-pick. We need to return in the early part of next year to cut back the overhanging trees and also thin the canopy to increase sunlight and biodiversity.

Next week we are meeting at the snowdrop bench and trying to shape the path to stop people trampling the snowdrops when they start popping up. There is also an old bench that has been thrown down the bank years ago. I think it could be worth seeing if we can pull it back up and get it back into service.

Then we have Christmas.

And then we have the last workday of the year. We move into the stretch between the underpass and Berrybanks. The path curves to the east here so the west embankment gets lots of sunlight. We need to widen the path and create deep scallops. After Berrybanks the path really looks after itself so we can crack on with putting up birdboxes and prepping the areas that will need wildflower seeding in March.

Until next time!

Paul