Category Archives: Newsreel
Slowly Making a Dent
Mick and me today and we spent a couple of hours burning off the brash in Bear Cutting. As you can see, we soon had the fire really stoked. There is loads to do and a lot of brash to … Continue reading
Pushing on…
Myself, Aaron, Chris and Mike who was with us for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed himself, today. Aaron brush-cut the path from the picnic clearing, down to the southern end and back. The rest of us were in the … Continue reading
I Ache Like an Old Dog…
Today was a gentle walk down the greenway snipping back any bramble on one side, and then walking back snipping any bramble on the other side. No rush and seemed like an easy morning. How wrong I was. All the … Continue reading
Busy Workday
Back in the same area today, as Saturday. Myself, Aaron and Chris made it and we got a fair bit done. Mainly raking up brash that we cut down a few years ago, and burning it. Whilst it is good … Continue reading
Fire Starter!
Good day today. Raked off a load of brash and burnt it. This created the start of a new clearing. We need to take out the canopy above the path to get sunlight on the ground. End of the day, … Continue reading
Wet One!
Me and Chris today and a bit of a wet workday today so we packed in an hour early, just as the sun decided to come out!! Quite useful to have so much rain-fall over the last few days though. … Continue reading
Good Workday Today
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
Big Plans For Autumn..
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
This Week’s Workday
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
Thrashing Back Nettles
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
