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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.

I Ache Like an Old Dog…

Posted on August 10, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today was a gentle walk down the greenway snipping back any bramble on one side, and then walking back snipping any bramble on the other side. No rush and seemed like an easy morning. How wrong I was. All the … Continue reading →

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Busy Workday

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Back in the same area today, as Saturday. Myself, Aaron and Chris made it and we got a fair bit done. Mainly raking up brash that we cut down a few years ago, and burning it. Whilst it is good … Continue reading →

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Fire Starter!

Posted on August 1, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Good day today. Raked off a load of brash and burnt it. This created the start of a new clearing. We need to take out the canopy above the path to get sunlight on the ground. End of the day, … Continue reading →

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Wet One!

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me and Chris today and a bit of a wet workday today so we packed in an hour early, just as the sun decided to come out!! Quite useful to have so much rain-fall over the last few days though. … Continue reading →

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Good Workday Today

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Cleared back the path between the underpass and The Bear pub. Aaron, Chris, Mick and myself so a good turn out for a week day. We had a good look at the wet bits and decided that our best course … Continue reading →

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Big Plans For Autumn..

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today it was Aaron, Mick and me and we worked the path clear from the new underpass, to close to The Bear pub. We have a real problem with drainage on this section due to the 19th century drains being … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Workday

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A little late in posting this up but here goes. Three of us made it. Chris, Aaron and me. We cleared around the picnic clearing and up and down. Loads of brambles starting to grow across the path, despite earlier … Continue reading →

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Thrashing Back Nettles

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today reminded me of how hard life must of been, pre-industrial revolution. Manually thrashing back the nettles soon brought out blisters and made my arms ache. How people did it in fields to harvest crops from dawn to dusk makes … Continue reading →

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Visit from Sustrans

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Ed, Bernie and Lisa from Sustrans, the charity that looks after the greenway, joined us today, along with Mike from Butterfly Conservation. They seemed quite happy with our work and agreed to help create a habitat for Small Blue butterflies … Continue reading →

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Man v. Nettles

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Phil and myself today and we tackled a couple of tree branches that had come down over the last week of windy weather, and the dreaded nettles. We used the ‘weed whip’ and cleared a lot of nettles back off … Continue reading →

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