Author Archives: Paul - Cawston Greenway

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.

Back in the Gutter

Posted on August 7, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

No workday for me last week due to a well-earned holiday. I swapped my usual view for this. However, the guys did a load of work on the path width from The Bear bridge right to the northern end. It’s … Continue reading →

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Poking Around The Drains

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Four of us got out today at Berrybanks, we missed Dave, but cracked on with going backwards to pick up where we got to last week, and then we ploughed on northbound and got to spitting distance of The Bear … Continue reading →

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Summer Rolls On…

Posted on July 17, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Oh no!! It rained on St. Swithin’s Day (15th July) – According to the old saying, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day it will rain for the next 40 days. If St. Swithin’s Day is dry, the next 40 … Continue reading →

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More Donations

Posted on July 10, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had an incredibly generous donation from Dunchurch Pantomaniacs. They have funded our fourth strimmer, a hedge-trimmer, a couple of extra batteries, and five bird-boxes. This will be so useful in the autumn when we can push the scrub right … Continue reading →

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The Last Post(crete)

Posted on July 3, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This really is the last time that I am going to hump bags of Postcrete about. If not, it will probably be the end of me!! We cracked on with the smashed-up picnic bench replacement just north of The Bear … Continue reading →

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Last Week Of Men’s Health Month.

Posted on June 26, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

If you didn’t know, it’s been Men’s Health Month in June. I like the mental health, or mental welbeing aspect of this and has been something that I have been banging on about for literally years and years. One of … Continue reading →

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Last Day of Spring…

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We found ourselves back at the start today, in what we thought was going to be a quick strim over the path edges. However, the growth since the last strim has been really heavy and progress was slowish. We managed … Continue reading →

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We Drained The Lake

Posted on June 12, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Or rather, Reece and David did. I just paddled about in my green wellies trying my best to look like I knew what I was doing, which lasted for about five minutes before I was rumbled, and was sent off … Continue reading →

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Welcome To My World…

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

…the third rock from the sun. We had what is called a Parade of Planets this week, where all the planets line up and some can be seen with the naked eye. Quite a sight if you like star-gazing, and … Continue reading →

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We Have A New Toy…

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It’s something that is tremendously exciting and tells us if the birds are happy, sort of. It’s an app on my phone that cleverly recognises birdsong and tells us what we have. This is super-important because we can kind of … Continue reading →