Category Archives: Newsreel

Northern Lights

Posted on May 15, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had the Northern Lights to admire this week. Thankfully there is no light pollution on our northern side and the view was magnificent. We met at the most southerly part today and strimmed back the path edge just 6 … Continue reading →

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Green Explosion

Posted on May 8, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This is the week where it goes absolutely mad. It really does feel like it would become a jungle if we just left it, which is no good for anybody except the David Bellamy types. The thought of all those … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, nature, outdoors, running, volunteer work, wildlife | 8 Comments

May Day

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week, in fact, today, we celebrate May Day. The time of the year where young ladies and Morris Men dance around Maypoles up and down the villages of the UK, a May Queen is chosen, and green men lurk … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, Dunchurch Bridleway, national cycle network 41, nature, outdoors, running, volunteer work, wildlife | 9 Comments

Pink Moon

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It was a toss up between the moon, which seems to be full again (they come round so blooming quickly) or Saint George and a dragon, this week. I stuck with our moon theme whilst we are on a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, country walks, cycling, Dunchurch Bridleway, nature, outdoors, Pink Moon, running, volunteer work, wildflowers, wildlife | 7 Comments

Jaguar Land Rover Take Over

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We hosted a group from Jaguar Land Rover this week. They very kindly installed a new picnic bench in a clearing with super views. A great day was had and the JLR team also picked up two bags of litter. … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged corporate day out volunteering, Jaguar Land Rover, mountain biking, nature, picnic benches, railway paths, rambling, trail running, volunteering, walking | 16 Comments

Everything Went Dark

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had a solar eclipse this week. That’s when the moon blocks out the sun and it feels like all of Nostradamus’s prophecies are being rained down on us in one terrifyingly frightful moment. Everything pauses. Birds stop chirping, sheep … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, nature, outdoors, running, volunteer work, wildlife | 18 Comments

The Transfer Of My Thoughts

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we started to try and transfer what is rattling around in my head, and see if we can create it in real life. In my head it’s something like this… At the moment it seems like a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, butterflies, cawston greenway, greenway, nature, outdoor life, outdoors, Railway path, volunteering, wild birds | 12 Comments

Worm Moon

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It’s that time of the month when the moon takes its 30th spin around our little planet and becomes full again. It actually occurred on Monday, 25th March. Interestingly, although it reaches a “full” phase for a brief moment, our eyes … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Aliens, cawston greenway, coffee and cookies, litter pick, Railway path, rain, raining, spring, UFO, Worm Moon | 12 Comments

Spring Equinox

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Spring has officially started, at last!! It’s actually the spring equinox today, the time of the year when the day and the night are an equal length. In cultures around the world, the spring equinox has represented a time of renewal, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bird nesting boxes, butterflies, cawston greenway, coffee and cookies, community, Mental Wellbeing, picnic benches, spring, Spring equinox, volunteering, wildlife | 12 Comments

New Bench Design

Posted on March 13, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we are really excited to introduce our new bench design. And the good news is, they are for sale on an individual made-to-order basis. Completely recycled from reclaimed scaffold boards to reflect the industrial heritage of the railway, … Continue reading →