Category Archives: Newsreel

We Have Gone All Posh

Posted on April 11, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Wednesday workday at Berrybanks was very refined with coffee and biscuits at the half-way interval. I liked it. The only thing lacking was somewhere to sit, so we need to make something like this… We cannot have a picnic bench … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Biscuits is the Way Forward

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

What a difference a coffee, a biscuit, and a natter can make… I don’t remember where the flask was foraged from, but the cups cost £4.50. In terms of value and use, I would probably say that is £4.50 very … Continue reading →

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Spring/Summer 2019

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Donations You may have noticed our menu bar above has become a bit more relevant. One of the new tabs is “donations” and our crowdfunding page for ongoing bits and bobs now works. If you like the greenway and have … Continue reading →

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How Many Blokes to Move a Bench?

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I don’t think any of us had our Weetabix this morning… Moving the bench was such an effort! There it is… Just a few miles away!! Chris, Marcus, Aaron and Paul made the trip down to the end of our … Continue reading →

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Life Goes On…

Posted on March 19, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We are ahead of our winter schedule, which is probably a first in all of the ten years that we have been doing the greenway. Marcus, Chris, Aaron, Kerrie, Mick and myself made it today and seeded the last three … Continue reading →

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Hedge Laying with Storm Gareth

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

The problem with Google is that there are plenty of examples of how to make a hedge or even regain control of an overgrown hedge, but when it comes to turning an unruly line of trees into a hedge, it … Continue reading →

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Who Let The Dogs Out!

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Urgh! Here goes… A confession. I have a massive phobia of dogs! People say, oh you don’t like dogs, then? It is not that I don’t like them, I am just very scared of them. But after someone told me … Continue reading →

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Life on the Hedge

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A cracking turn-out with Marcus, Reece, Aaron, Kerrie and myself armed and ready to tackle our hedge challenge. Supplies were plentiful with gingerbread men, fudge and coffee on offer throughout the morning. I don’t think we quite got to the … Continue reading →

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Record Bench Build

Posted on February 25, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It was only a matter of time until the professional bench-builders hit the trail. I would say that this one took Aaron and myself about 45 minutes to build… Ahem, sorry, did someone say, 1 hour and 45 mins? Only … Continue reading →

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Visit from the mothership

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great to be joined by David from Sustrans, today. David brought gifts, in the form of cookies and our much needed Lady’s Bedstraw and Hedge Bedstraw seeds. We now have enough seeds to really encourage our Bloody-nosed Beetle population along … Continue reading →

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