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Easy Workday

Quite a relaxed workday today with four of us turning out. Working in the picnic clearing, cutting back new growth from the stumps of trees that have been left. We need to drill deep holes into the tops of these … Continue reading

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Visit from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust

I was joined today by Karl from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. He came along to see what we are all about and offer very welcome advice and support. The good news is that he felt that we were on the right … Continue reading

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Easter Blow Out

For Easter Sunday we had quite a good turnout with five or six of us. We cleared a load of the brash from the area that we have been working on over the last few months and made a lot … Continue reading

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Felt like Bear Grylls today

Just me and young Paul today but we got a bit of the link between the picnic clearing and the bird-box clearing tidied. Boy-oh-boy was it cold out there and I worked hard to get a warming fire going.   … Continue reading

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Greenway

It’s been a while since I have organised a workday, or even been down to the greenway due to babies, nappies and feeds. But I went down today to have a bit of a nose about and could see how … Continue reading

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Great Day on the Greenway

Well what a lovely morning we had. Basically we carried on clearing the bit between the clearings, if that makes sense. We need to clear out all the bits of the greenway that are in cutting and just push the … Continue reading

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Happy New Year to All Cawston Greenway Volunteers

Happy New Year everyone!! It’s been a struggle to get out this year. Mainly due to my extended family, my new job and the hideous weather that has made the greenway a quagmire and really quite unpleasant to walk down. … Continue reading

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Tuesday Workday

Tuesday’s workday was pretty wet and wild, nothing like the previous one where we had sunshine. Mike and myself discovered that the matches had got damp and would not light, so Mike worked hard with the embers of the fire … Continue reading

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Sunday Workday

Lovely workday and loads done. We cleared the new path of trees and really started to connect the two clearings. We are going to remove all the scrub either side of the bridge and really make it the feature that … Continue reading

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Thursday Workday

It was a real pleasure to see Graham back out with us. It was a quick workday due to external factors but we got a bit done. This is a picture of what the railway-line looked like in the early … Continue reading

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