We have some new additions to our bench collection, and some modifications, due to the over-enthusiastic youth trying to wrestle with them last year, after too much fighting juice.

We also have the first of the Spring blossom. The feel-good feeling is enormous!!

There are a couple of funding applications in, for a bench at the butterfly bank, so people can enjoy the area when it’s a riot of insect activity. One way or another, this will happen, so I have included it.

Here is the list (north to south). I will update the map and put the http://www.what3words.com locations so we all know where to find them.

Bear

Berrybanks

Hillfort Pair

Underpass

Quadrant

Bethel

Heath View

Snowdrop

Daffodil Picnic

Bridleway

Butterfly

Birdfeeder Picnic

Tent Picnic

Dainties

Middle Round Picnic

Double Picnic

Potford Dam Picnic

Today we managed to stain Middle Round Picnic and Potford Dam Picnic, despite my over-optimistic head telling us that we could do all four. Don’t sit down or you’ll get a stripey bottom. We did have our greenway-little-helpers, though, so muggins had to somehow keep them amused.

The entertainment, of course, was a litter-pick from the south end to the Cawston Bridleway bridge and back. Not a lot of litter, considering the school holidays and good weather! David found an ASDA shopping basket. It might come in useful for carrying tools on and off the path? Possibly might find it hard to give up my Waitrose bag of magic tricks, though.

Everything is slowly turning green and a few early wildflowers are popping up. I’ve not seen a butterfly yet, but it has been a Gale Force 8 for the last few workdays, so anything that sticks its insect head above the parapet is likely to get it blown right off. Shame the grey squirrels cannot meet with a similar fate.

We did, however, spot our first Bloody Nosed Beetle, thanks to the greenway-little-helpers’ sharp eyes.

I have recorded it on iRecord using the tab above.

The squally views up and down.

I don’t know how, but we managed to dodge the rain completely!!

Next week we are starting in the same place, sowing our wildflower glades with a mixture of new seeds, and what I collected last summer, working northbound. I will bring a rake. We are also going to stain the last two benches at this end.

Until next time!