Category Archives: Newsreel

Early start on the greenway today due to me having an action packed day (my birthday) however, good to see that nine or so made it. Sorry about the lack of direction at the start but we are in completely … Continue reading →

A few of us turned out today and burnt off a load of bramble on one of the banks. Mike from Butterfly Conservation dropped in and gave us some good advice about the reed-bed at the Potford’s Dam end. Good … Continue reading →

Twelve or so of us turned out today and really pushed on with the second big glade. We are creating a huge open space that will hopefully be full of interesting grasses, flowers, insects, birds and mammals. we had glorious sunshine … Continue reading →

Good workday today with more pushing back on the second big clearing. Hopefully we will get some really nice wildflowers coming up on the raked-back ground. Eventually we will need to decide if we are going to get rid of … Continue reading →

A very pleasant workday on the greenway today. We looked at a section on embankment and played about with trying to clear the recent Ash tree growth without losing the mature trees on the outer edges of the greenway, which … Continue reading →

Six or so of us turned out today in very soggy weather. We pushed on down with the path widening. We are so close to getting to the end, just in time too. The path widening will make a huge … Continue reading →

The reason we welcomed Neil (we welcome everyone but Neil gets an extra welcome) is because he is from BTCV and if you remember, it is they who gave us the start-up grant for our tools many months ago. Neil also … Continue reading →

Six of us turned out today and we went back to the new glade that we have been working on and made it bigger. Warwickshire Wildlife Trust have suggested that we need to make the glades as big as possible. … Continue reading →

Just me and Graham turned out today and ripped out a load of Hawthorn trees snagged in a large Oak, close to where we were working on Sunday. We had a problem with getting the fire started due to the … Continue reading →

After two hours of brush-cutting I have got the hippy hippy shake… lol. I hope you enjoy this blast from the past 🙂 A really good day today with quite a few exciting developments. Ed cleared the logs in the … Continue reading →