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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.

Cracking day on the greenway

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me, Margaret and John turned out today and burnt off all the brash left from the previous work day, and we also made some good log-piles from the chain-sawing that Ed had done for us. We pretty much finished this … Continue reading →

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Pushing on…..

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workdays today and yesterday. Lovely to see that we are making a real difference on this really overgrown section. Looking back towards the new underpass, the bank on the right is pretty much south-facing. If we can keep the … Continue reading →

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Confusion on the Greenway!!!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I totally forgot that we were supposed to be working at the Two Gates Clearing today, and so did everyone else, except for Christa and Phil, who were left scratching their heads wondering where everyone else was. However, they made … Continue reading →

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Half-Term Helpers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I have to say that today was great fun, but also really hard work. I don’t know if it’s because we are working on the steep bank or simply that there is just so much to do. However, we reached … Continue reading →

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Brrrrr…..

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had some brave souls turn out today, four of us eventually made it and we cracked on with the clearing on the bank past the new underpass. Boy-o-boy was it cold and wet!!!! But we soldiered on and really … Continue reading →

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Tree planting postponed due to adverse weather.

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Due to adverse weather this weekend the tree planting is now on Sunday 26th Feb at 12:00. The ground is rock hard and the snow will make it impossible to do what we need to do. Look forward to Sunday … Continue reading →

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Tough day of scrub clearance on Cawston Greenway

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six of us turned out this morning and had a good old crack at the section from the new underpass towards The Bear pub. It was pretty hard going but we made a significant start. Matt also did a bit … Continue reading →

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Wet One..

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

There is a fine line between the brave and the foolhardy, and towards the end of today I was starting to sway towards the latter, but we got a lot done and also cleared the bits where the high wind … Continue reading →

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Smokin’…

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Arrrgh!!!! So much to share… We cleared the brash left from yesterday and sorry to all the residents on the Coventry Road. We did have a really smoking fire and the high wind took it straight over the fields to … Continue reading →

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Fire Brigade came to visit Cawston Greenway…. again!

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Well we had it all today, howling gale, sheeting rain, bramble that was so obnoxious and rude, ripped gloves, pricked hands, a bonfire that wouldn’t start, and when it finally did, someone called the Fire Brigade!!!! It’s just a bit … Continue reading →

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