Five wildlife warriors made it today and lugged the heavy bags of Postcrete to get our triangle of benches back in the ground.

No matter which way we look at it, there is absolutely no pleasure in carrying the 20 kg bags of the stuff – they are just awkward, dusty and heavy.

But we persevered up and down the path numerous times, to eventually be able to actually crack on with the job-in-hand.

As you can see, it was all hands to the pump. Luckily there is a livestock water trough in the cow field next door so we had a ready supply of water. I, of course, had the very important job of taking all the photos. Oh, how my thumb ached towards the end of the morning.

The triangle is back in place.

Whilst the benches are for everyone to enjoy, our main thought process is for small groups of youth to have somewhere to go, sit, drink a beer and have a smoke, without having to hang around the local park or shops and create friction with other local people.

Please bear that in mind before trying to knock them over!

Whilst we might have enjoyed a beer at the halfway point, we had to settle for coffee.

We had a bit of a French theme this week. Don’t ask me why? It was one of those “ooh la la they look nice” moments in the supermarket the day before. They did indeed go down a treat.

Here are the up and down photos.

Here is a Halloween bench-to-bench walk.

Come on down and energise your body and clear your mind! We are helping to protect peaceful walks where wildlife, nature and people thrive. It really is all about helping to create healthy habitats for people and wildlife.

I think we have the balance between the two about right.

Loads of people coming past today, both walkers and cyclists, which gives us a nice fuzzy feeling inside because just knowing that what we are doing, is used and appreciated by local people.

Tool Talk Wednesday

We had a bag with all the batteries in for the strimmers and hedge-trimmers. It really was the bag of doom that everyone avoided like the plague because it was so heavy and uncomfortable. I replaced it with a duffel bag.

It’s so much better for all of our kit. Still weighs a ton though!

We also have a few more bird nesting boxes that John Lewis (the department store) offered to us at an amazing discount.

We will get them up in the next week or so.

And lastly, our good friend Andrew “biscuited” my car.

Hopefully, my children will not discover them and we can enjoy them on next week’s adventure. Thank you, Andrew, for your kindness.

That’s about it for today. On Friday we are on the Dunchurch bit and next week we are back at the other end just finishing off the wildflower glade and scalloped wildlife pockets.

To finish, here is a nice quote that I got from somewhere…

“Support your local greenway and rediscover the pleasures of walking and cycling, whilst knowing that you are doing something really positive for the planet.”

Until next time!

Paul