Author Archives: Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workday yesterday and good to see that about six or seven of us made it. We started pushing back the path northbound from where we last left off and discovered a group of struggling young Hawthorn trees, that were … Continue reading →

Today started with a bit of head scratching and an exploratory dig at each end of an aqueduct that takes a spur of the Lawford Brook under the greenway. Whilst we uncovered each end, we were still unable to get … Continue reading →

Good midweeker today and we carried on with the path widening. It’s tough ripping out the scrub but it has to be done. What is left is a lovely wide path that will allow all users enough room to comfortably … Continue reading →

Great workday today with good progress. You might of received a blog notification email telling you about the dates for the next few weeks. I have changed it so that there is a ‘Workday Dates’ tab on the brown navigation … Continue reading →

Wow!! What a great workday. We pushed on with the path widening working from the first picnic clearing upwards towards the entrance. It is hard and slow work but soon enough we will be out of cutting and on to … Continue reading →

Good midweek workday today and we pushed on with the path widening between the two large clearings. It is worth bearing in mind that we need to create as many scallops along the path as possible. These will be warmer … Continue reading →

Really good day with ten or so of us turning out and we really pushed on with the path widening between the two clearings. We are switching from either side of the original path so that we create a snaking … Continue reading →

Great workday today and we had some unexpected visitors in the form of two big firemen. Someone had seen the smoke from our bonfire and thought that we were burning the greenway down. We have had a fire almost every … Continue reading →

Good but hard day on the greenway today, brush cutting all the growth from the stumps and bramble that has completely covered areas that we cleared last season. We need to think hard about what we are going to do … Continue reading →

Really chilled out day on the greenway today. Mike showed us how to lay a hedge and it is starting to look really good. There is still loads to do to create a boundary but we made good progress. The … Continue reading →