Category Archives: Newsreel

Snip Snip Snip

Snipping back is all we can do right now. With one other person from a different household and socially distanced. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, though. First off – our snowdrops are starting to … Continue reading

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Ivy

Ivy, love it or hate it… We have too much and it is stopping other things growing. It is also growing up tree trunks and into the canopy, which blocks out sunlight and can weaken the branches. Before and after … Continue reading

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Daily Exercise

We are allowed to take our daily exercise on the greenway and do small tasks like a litter pick or snipping back. Only two people at a time and social distancing must be observed. Today we just snipped back a … Continue reading

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Tree Release

We had news from Sustrans that we can do workdays as part of our daily exercise. Two people from seperate households at a time. I have had loads of people requesting to help. So sorry but not at the moment. … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to everyone who follows us or indeed, uses the greenway. Just a socially-distanced litter-pick today. And I have some super Christmas rocks to put out this afternoon. I hope everybody enjoys hunting for them. Muggins forgot to bring … Continue reading

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Nearly At The End Of A Long Year

Yeah, it has been a long and frustrating year for all of us. It has been great to see so many people using the greenway and I am glad that we have managed to cobble together workdays. This week we … Continue reading

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Back in the Clearing

We were back in our new old clearing this week. Or should that be old new clearing…? Anyhow, here we are creating an area where people can stop, have a seat at our bench and just enjoy the wildflowers and … Continue reading

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This was our first clearing ten years ago!

A very mixed emotion post here. We had bats roosting in the tunnel before someone set a fire and drove them out. We put up bat boxes but they don’t have the ladder bits so they are not used. This … Continue reading

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Ooh! A New Wildflower Clearing!

It is always terrific fun when we put up our den. A mixture of the hilarity of trying to put the thing up, and the schoolboy satisfaction that we have made a den in the woods and now have a … Continue reading

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Bench Maintenance

So this week we decided that we would replant one of our benches. It became uprooted a while ago, but trying to put together a workday where we are able to socially distance, and be a bit sensible, proved a … Continue reading

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