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Volunteers needed to help with wild flower sowing in Cawston

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Rugby Borough Council have asked us if we can help them to seed the three wild flower borders in Cawston. If you remember last year, the wild flowers were an absoloute riot of colour and attracted a lot of wildlife … Continue reading →

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Three years in and we are now starting to reap the benefits of our hard work!!

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It was a lovely day for our workday today and about time too, after the last few have been rained off. We returned to the picnic clearing that we made all that time ago and have been pushing out wider … Continue reading →

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Dodged the rain but still got wet!!!

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Oh what fun on the greenway today!!! We tackled the flooding that has been causing us problems and finally made some headway. Andy and Adam discovered an old drain going over the culvert and we were able to route the … Continue reading →

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All our hard work is paying off

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Aaron, Mike and myself did a lot of nettle pulling today in the picnic clearing. There are loads of shoots coming up underneath the nettles and we just need to give them a helping hand. It’s going to be really … Continue reading →

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Litter Pick on Cawston Greenway

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It was a lovely day for it and we had about seven of us turn out at varying times across the day. We picked about ten bags of litter, some old litter that we missed last time, and some much … Continue reading →

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The bird-nesting season is finally here…

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

…and that means that we have to stop chopping away at the scrub and let spring roll into the summer. It also means that we can have our Sundays back too 🙂 I think moving forwards we will probably have … Continue reading →

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Cracking day on the greenway

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me, Margaret and John turned out today and burnt off all the brash left from the previous work day, and we also made some good log-piles from the chain-sawing that Ed had done for us. We pretty much finished this … Continue reading →

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Pushing on…..

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workdays today and yesterday. Lovely to see that we are making a real difference on this really overgrown section. Looking back towards the new underpass, the bank on the right is pretty much south-facing. If we can keep the … Continue reading →

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Confusion on the Greenway!!!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I totally forgot that we were supposed to be working at the Two Gates Clearing today, and so did everyone else, except for Christa and Phil, who were left scratching their heads wondering where everyone else was. However, they made … Continue reading →

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Half-Term Helpers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I have to say that today was great fun, but also really hard work. I don’t know if it’s because we are working on the steep bank or simply that there is just so much to do. However, we reached … Continue reading →

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