Category Archives: Newsreel

Visit from The Hulk

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Marvel must have sent Hulk because everything has turned green! He left the nettle-pulling for the rest of us superheroes, in the form of Howard, Marcus, Wayne and myself… Thanks – Hulk! We set up camp at bench #2, the … Continue reading →

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Wakey wakey!!

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Finally, the greenway seems to be waking up! A lot of our old favourites are starting to show and the newly planted mini-meadows are full of new shoots. The new kit-bag has a special place for biscuits, and is starting … Continue reading →

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Tingling Fingers

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Tingling Fingers – sounds like a real ale brewed at a Warwickshire micro-brewery. Sadly, the nearest any of us lot got to alcohol was the anti-bac hand-wash in the first-aid kit. The coffee came a close second-place though, for Marcus, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged biscuits, coffee, nature, nettles, orange-tip butterfly, photography, white deadnettle, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Bee hotel, bird food, donations, insect hotel, iRecord, mental health, Wildlife Photography, workdays | Leave a comment

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 →