Category Archives: Newsreel

Fixing the Waterworks

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Aaron, John, Mick and myself this morning and we tackled the last bit of work on the drainage. The problem that we have is that the drain covers that would have been either side of the track, are now higher … Continue reading →

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Sorting out the drainage

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

John and Mike today and had a good old crack at sorting out the flooding at Berrybanks. There is a culvert that runs underneath the trackbed and is accessed via two drain covers on either side of the path. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Last workday on this section for a bit.

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Five of us today, John, Aaron, Kerrie, Chris and myself, with a cameo appearance from Mike at Butterfly Conservation. Always happy to take guidance from the experts. The good news is that we are on the right track in creating … Continue reading →

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Saturday Family Workday

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had an army of helpers today. Eight in total and we spend the afternoon clearing the brash from the previous workday. We had torrential rain all morning so everything was absolutely soaked. After a slow start by myself, Andy … Continue reading →

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Damp Squib

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

All the expectation was there today with John, Kerrie, Chris, myself and Mick, but everything was just so damp, and no wind to fan the flames, that we eventually kicked the fire out and called it a day. We did … Continue reading →

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The end is in sight….

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Beautiful day today and five of us volunteered our time and effort to crack on with what hopefully will be Bluebell Cutting. Chris, Mike, Aaron, Mick and myself got a fire going really quickly and half of us brought down … Continue reading →

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Clearing.

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A lovely morning where we just spent the time catching up. Mike, Aaron, Chris and myself. We caught up with burning off the brash from last week, and adding the the hedge at the top of the cutting. We also … Continue reading →

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Back on it…

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Chris, John, Aaron and myself today on a fine autumnal morning. We quickly got the fire going and I dragged out a load of the old brash and burnt it off, whilst Chris took the bigger logs up to the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Family Workday

Posted on October 10, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Our second weekender and a good turn-out with seven of us in total. Lee cut down the stumps with his chainsaw, which improved how the clearing looked straight away. Mick, Chris, Tim, Tim’s daughters, and myself cleared all the new … Continue reading →

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Stumped!

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great turn-out today with six of us, Mick, Mike, John, Aaron, Chris and myself. We built the fire around three of the tree stumps and it seemed to get going pretty quickly, but the stumps stopped anything that we put … Continue reading →

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