Author Archives: Paul - Cawston Greenway

Yeah, it has been a long and frustrating year for all of us. It has been great to see so many people using the greenway and I am glad that we have managed to cobble together workdays. This week we … Continue reading →

We were back in our new old clearing this week. Or should that be old new clearing…? Anyhow, here we are creating an area where people can stop, have a seat at our bench and just enjoy the wildflowers and … Continue reading →

A very mixed emotion post here. We had bats roosting in the tunnel before someone set a fire and drove them out. We put up bat boxes but they don’t have the ladder bits so they are not used. This … Continue reading →

It is always terrific fun when we put up our den. A mixture of the hilarity of trying to put the thing up, and the schoolboy satisfaction that we have made a den in the woods and now have a … Continue reading →

So this week we decided that we would replant one of our benches. It became uprooted a while ago, but trying to put together a workday where we are able to socially distance, and be a bit sensible, proved a … Continue reading →

Phew!! Where to start…? The greenway is totally litter-picked now. We probably just need to keep on top of it now (how many times have I said that!!). We put our Armistice Day rocks out and enjoyed seeing facebook posts … Continue reading →

We managed to clear the overgrown bramble and other unwanted thuggish plants from our wildflower areas. We still need to rake off the birdfeeder clearing and last bench area, but it feels like we are making good progress. This should … Continue reading →

At one point today it looked like we were running a Time Team episode with Tony Robinson. We literally had trenches everywhere. We planted the bulbs in the trenches and then sieved the earth back using a griddle. This will … Continue reading →

Occasionally people query that we are ruining the wildlife habitat by clearing scrub and making a path. It always brings a wry smile to my face as I suggest that they look at the first few posts of this blog. … Continue reading →