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Next workday – Sunday 26th Sept 1pm to 3pm
Meet at the place where we used to meet, see the website for details (www.cawstongreenway.org) Working on the clearings this time so we will probably be working in quite a dense group. With this in mind, we need to think … Continue reading
That was hard work!!!!
Golly gosh – a few of us are going to ache tomorrow!! Fantastic turnout again with about 20 people turning out. thank-you so much for your hard work. We cleared a fair bit of the canopy by cutting down a … Continue reading
Next workday Sunday 12th September – 12 noon to 3 pm
It’s gonna be a big one!! We need to rip the canopy out. No more gentle pruning and cutting back. it’s gonna be brutal! Me and someone else will lead and go down the path felling the trees and pulling … Continue reading
What a fantastic day..
Great day with a great turnout of about 20 or so people. We pushed on past The Bear pub and cleared all the rubbish under the Victorian bridge. It was really bad so a good job done. Bags and bags … Continue reading
Slight change of plan..
Sunday 15th… meet in the Bear carpark and hit the section from there to the WRR cycle path spur. There is loads of litter around the bridge that is by the Bear, and it is passable along the greenway, but … Continue reading
POWER TOOLS!!!
cawston greenway We are upgrading our insurance to allow us to use power tools. This means we can cut through the scrub with a brush cutter, which is like an industrial strimmer. This is going to make our job so … Continue reading
August workday – Sunday 15th August 1pm to 3pm
Cawston Greenway Right then – time for a radical change in plan! I walked the greenway past The Bear pub and Carrillion who built the Western Relief Road and the cycle path that runs along side it, have created … Continue reading
A very rewarding workday
Cawston Greenway Fantastic workday, a lot of cutting back to keep the path clear and saw some wonderful butterflies such as Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Large White, Comma, Red Admiral, Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell. Made some good plans for the … Continue reading
how it might look???
This is a photo of the Offchurch Greenway. Hopefully we can achieve something similar, but with a much denser strips of trees on either side, especially between the greenway and the Relief Road. This is a photo of the Cawston … Continue reading
July workday – Sunday 18th July 1pm to 3pm
General cutting back along the path. It is getting quite overgrown on the section towards Potsford’s Dam so maybe our efforts would be best placed there. Please bring your own pruners, we only have four pairs in our tool-box!! Rugby … Continue reading
