I decided that we needed something new to drink our coffee out of. What better way to introduce our branded enamel mugs…

I love ’em. Everybody loves ’em. And these bad-boys are not for sale in our shop… yet!!

Let me know what you think?

We had to leave planting our tree pack due to children joining us and we would have been too spread out to keep an eye on everyone. I will pop them in over the weekend at some point.

So we marched ahead with our snowdrop splitting and transplanting from our secret supply.

This bank is going to look amazing in a couple of years. Literally a carpet of white.

David and Reece worked on the transition to the new temporary path. It’s not quite there, but will be after next week.

There’s a pretty decent hedge forming at the top of the bank so this will be fantastically useful for wildlife.

And lastly, our butterfly bank on the other side of the bridleway bridge.

We want a pedestal bench about a third of the way up the slope, so people can sit and enjoy the butterflies and bees in the spring and summer. I’m working on the funding for it. We can seed it with a wildflower and grassland mix after the last frost, so roughly late April time.

So what have we got on our two-mile nature walk? 15 bench areas, some pedestal, some picnic, some in clusters, some stand alone. This means that there is a bench every 200 metres, on average. five wildflower glades that break up the scrubby bramble. 50+ bird nesting boxes of varying types, and 5 bat boxes. Eight access/exit points that are safe to use. Our birdfeeder glade and lovely murals on our underpass and bridges. We also have our Geocaching Trail and Dino Trail for you to enjoy.

Finally, we are happy, and now we will work to maintain it as it is.

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Until next time!

Paul