Category Archives: Newsreel

Oh, and a Happy New Year! I rode the length of the greenway today to try and plan the next few workdays. To say it was eye-opening would be something of an understatement. I will start at the Potford’s Dam end … Continue reading →

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold … Continue reading →

Some say I have a brain the size of a walnut. Others question if I was dropped on my head at birth. And the rest just think I am plain mad! Well that’s what Graham called me today because not … Continue reading →

Superb workday today. Six or so of us turned out and got the fire roaring almost straight away. We cleared all the piles of brash that were piled up on the banks of the main picnic area. Ed cut down … Continue reading →

Did a bit this morning, tried to get the bonfire going but after a lot of smoke and a few feeble flames it finally died on me, but moved a lot of the brash onto it so it is ready … Continue reading →

About ten of us turned out and got on with the path widening. A really good stretch done and it made a huge difference. This will pay dividends in the summer when the uncut side starts to push in on … Continue reading →

…or was it just a mad eight of us who turned out today in such freezing conditions that even the bonfire took almost two hours to be coaxed into life. However, what superb progress we made. The whole south side … Continue reading →

…it really was. We had great weather, a roaring bonfire and just about finished the main clearing. We cleared so much scrub and it really was noticeable. The only thing missing was some jacket potatoes and sausages on that bonfire!! Eight or … Continue reading →

Wednesday 24th November 11am to 1pm I want this to be a sort of mini-workday, just a bit of tidying and burning off the rest of the brash that was left ftom the last workday on Monday. Maybe take a … Continue reading →

This was our first workday held on a week day and everything was perfect. We had fabulous weather, two roaring bonfires, six or so volunteers and boy did we clear a whole load of trees in the picnic clearing. We … Continue reading →