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What a stinker!!

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Eight of us made it today and we started to try and dig channels from the path to the edge, where it drops away, in an attempt to drain all the standing, stagnant, stinky water. It was going nowhere, so … Continue reading →

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Fungi Fun

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Here we will attempt to list the fabulous fungi that we are finding.

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Scrub Clearance

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Good day today with Aaron, Reece and myself chopping a load of this scrub out. We thought it would be a nice feature in the summer, last season, and tried to create a path around the back of it. However, … Continue reading →

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Pushing It Back

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Good turn-out with Linda, Anna, Wayne, Mick and myself. We had two brush-cutters on the go and really pushed back the summer growth and scrub. We burnt off all the brash as Mick and Wayne cut it back. We just … Continue reading →

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Back in the Bird-Box Clearing

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Marcus, Mick and me made it today. Reece somehow missed us, and Wayne got there after we had all gone, so did a bit of widening just south of Potford’s Dam We started back in the Bird-Box clearing and found … Continue reading →

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Berrybanks is done for now.

Posted on October 22, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A great turn-out today with seven of us. Mick, Aaron, Tim, Sophia, Peter, Janet and me. Basically we just had a mad tidy-up of all the brash from previous workdays, when it was too wet, or time was short, for a … Continue reading →

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FIRST AID TRAINING

Posted on October 19, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

As we get bigger and bigger, as a group, we need a couple of regulars that are First Aid trained. I nominate myself as one of the people to be trained. I am there on every workday, so it makes … Continue reading →

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THE PLAN SO FAR…

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This is the plan for this winter: We cut three new glades in the section from the start, next to HHJS, to The Bear. I want to just gently push these back and let more light in. Over time I … Continue reading →

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Professional Help Today

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have finally started to burn off the brash at Berrybanks. We seem to have had quite a few wet days on previous workdays, so we left the brash until it was dry. Today was that day and we got … Continue reading →

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A Good Day At The Rugby End…

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Well what a good turn-out today, with I reckon 20+ people volunteering to get some clearings made on the section between The Bear and the start of the railway path next to Henry Hinde Junior School. Some nice log piles … Continue reading →