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Good Workday Today

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Cleared back the path between the underpass and The Bear pub. Aaron, Chris, Mick and myself so a good turn out for a week day. We had a good look at the wet bits and decided that our best course … Continue reading →

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Big Plans For Autumn..

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today it was Aaron, Mick and me and we worked the path clear from the new underpass, to close to The Bear pub. We have a real problem with drainage on this section due to the 19th century drains being … Continue reading →

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This Week’s Workday

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A little late in posting this up but here goes. Three of us made it. Chris, Aaron and me. We cleared around the picnic clearing and up and down. Loads of brambles starting to grow across the path, despite earlier … Continue reading →

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Thrashing Back Nettles

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today reminded me of how hard life must of been, pre-industrial revolution. Manually thrashing back the nettles soon brought out blisters and made my arms ache. How people did it in fields to harvest crops from dawn to dusk makes … Continue reading →

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Visit from Sustrans

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Ed, Bernie and Lisa from Sustrans, the charity that looks after the greenway, joined us today, along with Mike from Butterfly Conservation. They seemed quite happy with our work and agreed to help create a habitat for Small Blue butterflies … Continue reading →

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Man v. Nettles

Posted on June 8, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Phil and myself today and we tackled a couple of tree branches that had come down over the last week of windy weather, and the dreaded nettles. We used the ‘weed whip’ and cleared a lot of nettles back off … Continue reading →

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It’s Working!

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Three of us on the greenway today. A general tidy and litter-pick on the section between the new underpass and the picnic clearing. Surprisingly there was not a lot of litter at all. Thank-you everyone who has made a conscious … Continue reading →

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Battling With Stinging Nettles

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Whoever suggested doing this? Boy, do those stingers know how to fight back! Somehow they found their way up my arms and down my gloves, leaving me tingly at best and itchy at worst, for the rest of the day. … Continue reading →

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Drama!!!

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We started burning off the very damp brash that was left over from last week. Just me and Chris today, until we were joined by the Warwickshire Fire Department. But there was little to worry about. I have been doing … Continue reading →

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Careful Cutting

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Four of us today and we carefully pushed back the bramble on the banks of the new clearing. We checked to make sure that there were no nesting birds, and then slowly cleared back the scrub. You can see from … Continue reading →

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