Category Archives: Newsreel

All About The Ballast Ridge

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today we kind of split up. Mick went north of the underpass to cut back bramble with the brush cutter, I started to clear the ballast ridge and create a new path, south of the underpass, and Aaron was down … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Habitat Piles

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

First off – look above and you will see a new heading on the menu bar. We should be recording wildlife that we are seeing. In the spring and summer we can add butterflies, wild-flowers and anything else. It also … Continue reading →

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Why did the mushroom get invited to all the parties? – ‘Cuz he’s a fungi!

Posted on February 12, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

And fun was had on the greenway today as we created a new habitat zone, and explored the fungi in the area. Just Aaron and myself today and we cracked on with removing canopy to let light in. We also … Continue reading →

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Sunday Workday

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workday today. Linda, Aaron, Mick, Tim and myself were treated to a nice bit of winter sun as we worked to clear off the south facing bank at Berrybanks. Having cleared the dead vegetation from last year, we found … Continue reading →

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Summary of Sustrans meeting and Feb workdays

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I am just trying to summarise what we learnt last week with Dan and David from Sustrans. Please add anything that I have missed out. Clear scrub from around the base of trees. Cut back trees or branches that are … Continue reading →

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Kidney Vetch Zone is Down

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great day on the greenway today. We managed to pick up a load of litter and also plant our Kidney Vetch seeds. Great to see Aaron, Mick, Jo, Neve, Howard and myself turning out on a cold day. We were … Continue reading →

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AWOL

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Yes, that was me on this Wednesday’s workday. I had actually put a note on our facebook page saying that I could not make it, but tagged it onto the January workday dates and I guess it just got buried. … Continue reading →

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Misty Weekender

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Strange day today. We had a bit of sunshine and then it was a bit misty and damp. But it did not deter eight of us turning out and creating a super wildlife habitat at Berrybanks. Well done Aaron, Jez, … Continue reading →

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First Workday of 2017

Posted on January 4, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workday today. Aaron, John and myself and we cleared a lot of ash saplings in the picnic clearing. Just loads of saplings shooting up. We cut them back and created a habitat pile rather than starting a bonfire and … Continue reading →

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Woodland Ride!!

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today we managed to do what I have been trying to achieve for the last seven years. We created a section that really felt like a woodland ride. Great turn out with Mick, Wayne, Anna, Carrina, Howard, Arron and myself … Continue reading →

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