And looking at the weather forecast, it looks like that is what we are going to get next week, and warmer temperatures too.
Here is a nice little reminder to come and help.
Only four of us made it today. Reece, Steve, Martin and Paul. But we finally pushed back the narrow bit of Berrybanks and Reece kinda worked out a plan for the constant flooding.
It felt like we had it under control after last week but really heavy rain and snow soon had us on the back foot, again (photos a mixture of mine and Steve’s).
Quite challenging when everything that we do here comes to nothing. Next week we are trying something different.
We released a few of the trees and cut back the vegetation to allow sunlight in and hopefully, a bit of wind to help dry the ground out.
This is the width that we like, and the more that we get behind the trees, the better we feel that it looks.
It’s a bit of a soggy mess at the moment but it will dry out quickly.
It’s always nice to spot a log pile that we made years ago.
We can only imagine what insects and small mammals have made their homes here.
We got the camping stove out and had bacon rolls.
Just the thing on a morning when it’s -1 degree Celsius and thankfully washed down with plenty of hot coffee. We soon warmed up after this little feast.
We are back here next week and hopefully back up to normal numbers because we need to dig a trench to the right of the holding pond, and dam up the leaky trench on the left of it, so mattocks, spades and manpower are needed.
A quick YouTube of the cutting leading to the underpass.
On Friday we’re on the Dunchurch Bridleway at the western end. We were going to put in a set of benches but frozen ground says no.
And to finish, Matt sent these rather wonderful photos of a greenway in Washington that follows an old railway line. At 45 miles long, it’s a bit bigger than ours!!
The link is here and makes for interesting reading.
If you want to join in please feel free to pop along. We are not cliquey or experts at anything, but we do solve problems with our collective input and have a bit of a laugh along the way.
Until next time!
Paul
Cawston Greenway 
Wow, I hope you do get some dry weather soon, that’s a muddy mess! Send your rain here to the Mojave Desert, the drought is terrible.
Praying for a nice dry summer here. Last year was very wet.
Wonderful quote. You guys are doing such worthwhile work. Come on, dry weather!
We have a dry spell now 😀
Thanks for the BIIG SMILE!
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While Nature provides nourishment for our souls, she sure can be vexing with the obstacles she likes to put in the way. Enjoy some dry and warner days. We’re shivering here (it was -14C yesterday, today’s high may only reach -3C with more snow on the way. The snow is ok (we always need the moisture) but the bloody wind is something I can do without. 😉
Wow, that’s cold!! It was chilly today at -4 but that was the worst. I can’t imagine -14 😦
It’s not uncommon at altitude. We’ve had unseasonably warmer temperatures so when it gets cold, it’s always a shock.
This was in the Spam folder!!
Well that makes me feel special. 😉 Good ole WordPress.
It’s not unusual at altitude, especially for January, the coldest and driest month of the year. We were spoiled with a number of warm days (11-17C – 53-63F) so when it dipped it was a shock to the system. We could have a flake or two of snow this weekend and then sunny and warm again by mid-week.
Found this in the spam folder!! How odd.
I like that quote Paul
Me too 😀
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