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About Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just trying to create a slice of wildlife and a place for people to chill out and meet new friends in this crazy world that we live in.

Ahead of Target!

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Carrina, John, Marcus and myself made it today and finished clearing the ballast path on the south side of the underpass. This is a nice dry path and if we can direct people onto it, the muddy path can settle … Continue reading →

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TREE DOWN!!

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Tree down on the greenway. Unfortunately discovered at the end of our workday, so it will have to wait until next time to be cleared. However, easy to walk around it, so not a problem. Aaron, Linda, Howard and myself … Continue reading →

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All About The Ballast Ridge

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today we kind of split up. Mick went north of the underpass to cut back bramble with the brush cutter, I started to clear the ballast ridge and create a new path, south of the underpass, and Aaron was down … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Habitat Piles

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

First off – look above and you will see a new heading on the menu bar. We should be recording wildlife that we are seeing. In the spring and summer we can add butterflies, wild-flowers and anything else. It also … Continue reading →

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Why did the mushroom get invited to all the parties? – ‘Cuz he’s a fungi!

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

And fun was had on the greenway today as we created a new habitat zone, and explored the fungi in the area. Just Aaron and myself today and we cracked on with removing canopy to let light in. We also … Continue reading →

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Sunday Workday

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workday today. Linda, Aaron, Mick, Tim and myself were treated to a nice bit of winter sun as we worked to clear off the south facing bank at Berrybanks. Having cleared the dead vegetation from last year, we found … Continue reading →

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Summary of Sustrans meeting and Feb workdays

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I am just trying to summarise what we learnt last week with Dan and David from Sustrans. Please add anything that I have missed out. Clear scrub from around the base of trees. Cut back trees or branches that are … Continue reading →

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Kidney Vetch Zone is Down

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great day on the greenway today. We managed to pick up a load of litter and also plant our Kidney Vetch seeds. Great to see Aaron, Mick, Jo, Neve, Howard and myself turning out on a cold day. We were … Continue reading →

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AWOL

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Yes, that was me on this Wednesday’s workday. I had actually put a note on our facebook page saying that I could not make it, but tagged it onto the January workday dates and I guess it just got buried. … Continue reading →

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Misty Weekender

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Strange day today. We had a bit of sunshine and then it was a bit misty and damp. But it did not deter eight of us turning out and creating a super wildlife habitat at Berrybanks. Well done Aaron, Jez, … Continue reading →

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