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Wed 4th Mar - JLR Picnic Bench, strimming (AGREE STRIM LIMIT AND WILDFLOWER MARGIN) northwards. Bacon batches or cake bars.
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Fri 6th Mar - Dunchurch Bridleway, Windmill Lane strimming and stain benches. Drain puddle (spade/mattock).
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Wed 18th Mar - Cawston Bridleway Bridge, strimming northwards, fix Mick's bench (postcrete).
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Wed 25th Mar - Cawston Bridleway Bridge, strimming southwards and agreeing strim limit for wildflower margin, stain benches.
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Author Archives: Paul - Cawston Greenway
A Hand-Made Bench…
A hand-made bench – or hand-assembled, because some muppet forgot to put the electric screwdrivers on charge beforehand. We were forced to take turns on the rubbish screwdriver that only just fitted the screws. To say it was an easy … Continue reading
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Tagged Bird-boxes, cawston, conservation, Damselflies, Draycote, fungi, mini beasts, Mountain-biking, NCN 41, Picnic, Rugby, Trail-walking, wildflowers, Wildlife Photography
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A route from the Western Relief Road Cycle Path to the Greenway and to Leamington Spa or Draycote Water?
A late update from Wednesday’s workday, but here goes. We needed easy access to the southerly part of the path so we could get the bench components on site. We found a gate to a field that runs between the … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, cycling, Hedgehogs, nature, outdoors, running, wildflowers
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Hedgehogs
Today was all about hedgehogs!! We had Debbie join us from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and what an interesting morning it was. In between making a bench, we had a really great talk about hedgehogs, and then made some hedgehog recording … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, conservation, cycling, fungus, nature, outdoors, running, wildflowers, wildlife
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It Was All Pickaxes And Mattocks Today
Four of us today, swinging pickaxes and mattocks. Oh boy, I can feel my shoulders and arms starting to ache already. Marcus, Paul, Steve and myself made it today. A good turn-out seeing as there was the Cawston Summer Sizzler … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, conservation, cycling, fungi, fungus, meadow flowers, moths, mountain bikers, nature, outdoors, path, pride, railway, running, together, volunteer work, walking, wildflowers, wildlife
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Time for a quick catch-up…
Time for a quick catch-up… There is so much going on, on the greenway, so I thought it might be useful to roll back a bit and remind everyone of what we are doing. But first, our workday. Today’s workday was … Continue reading
Went down there with a heavy heart, came away with my spirits lifted…
Went down there with a heavy heart, came away with my spirits lifted… Let me try and put into words and pictures, what I mean by this. Last time we were down by the A45 and beyond, our task was … Continue reading
They said it would be easy…
Pulling these stumps out was supposed to be easy. But because the ground is so stony and hard-packed, it was really tough!! Paul, Mick, Marcus, Aaron, Linda and myself made it today and we worked on pulling out the stumps … Continue reading
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Tagged community, conservation, cycling, Matock, nature, NCN41, railway paths, running
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A shift in what we are doing…
Sunday was a shift indeed. Instead of kicking about looking for jobs to do over the summer, we started to look for wildflowers and mini-beasts. Oh boy, did we find some beauties. Aaron, Mick, Linda, Jack and myself made it … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, community, conservation, nature, wildflowers, wildlife
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Hard Going at A45 and Beyond
It was a tough one today. Marcus, Steve, Tim and myself started to try and move the water that is under the A45 bridge. Not as easy as it seemed, but we found a pile of hardcore and built a … Continue reading
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Tagged cawston greenway, community, cycling, fungi, lichen, nature, NCN41, outdoors, sustrans, wildflowers
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Crowdfunding For Picnic Benches
I have set up a fundraising page for picnic benches along the greenway. This will encourage people to come along the greenway for walks and to sit and watch the nature and wildlife on our doorstep. It will encourage people … Continue reading
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