I somehow acquired a Douglas Fir Christmas tree. It was being sold off on Christmas Eve for £3 so I grabbed it and stuck it outside my house for the festive holiday.

It then sat in a pot, on my patio, with nowhere to call home. After liaising with the Sustrans Land Manager, Martyn, we agreed that it could go on the greenway. It’s at the bottom of the embankment so that should help to “absorb” some of the size that it may grow to.

What’s the betting that I will be unable to resist sticking Christmas lights on it in December!!

Next we replaced the couple of missing Geocaching containers.

The caches have been found 1,724 times in little over a year of the geocaching trail existing. It’s a six-mile trek there-and-back, with 12 to find. Better to do odd numbers outbound and even numbers on the way back, or it becomes a bit of a trudge to get back to the start.

And then we got the Dino Trail back working. A mob of angry squirrels had knocked four of the disks off. Three have probably been eaten, so we used spare disks to at least get the thing sorted for now. Just click on the tab above to see how it works. Great fun for young children and all the disks are by benches, so parents can sit and chill.

To end, we enjoyed coffee and cookies, and basked in the lull before the storm, when everything starts going absolutely barmy.

I have another project that has been on the back-burner for what seems like ages.

Blackwood Avenue Spinney.

It used to be a grand tree-lined driveway to a mansion house before Admirals Estate was built. The plan is to make three path loops and clear out all the rubbish.

I found a pocket of time today, so started strimming the path and just getting the feel of the land. It’s gonna be a good-un, so join in if you wanna get in at the start. Just click on the facebook link on the right and follow the page.

Flora and fauna spotted this week on the greenway…

I have updated iRecord for the wildlife boffins.

That’s about it for this week.

Until next time!