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It’s getting colourful

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

With the onset of summer, the greenway is starting to become very colourful. It is such a lovely place to be. Myself and Mick spent the morning chopping back brambles and generally keeping it tidy. We have a good variety … Continue reading →

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Prickly Start to the Day..

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Woucha!! Today we had Mike from Butterfly Conservation, me, Mick, Tim and Mike and we started pulling up the new bramble growth. Boy are they prickly and defensive, but we pulled up loads and roots too. We also got rid … Continue reading →

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I pulled the nettle pulling workday!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Slight change of plan. I looked at the test area of nettles that I pulled up a couple of weeks ago and nothing is growing. Rather than pull up this valuable food-source, I decided that the best strategy would be … Continue reading →

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Nettles Nettles Nettles

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just me today, so I started pulling nettles. I started clearing around a clump of forget-me-nots. I will keep working on this area so that we can see if anything else starts to come up. If it does, it will … Continue reading →

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Saturday Weekender

Posted on April 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me, Mick and Tim today and we just spent the day burning off as much of the brash and chippings as possible. We are trying to leave the leaf mould and the smaller stuff, and just get rid of the … Continue reading →

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Three Broken Rakes, Multiple Blisters – But Job Done!

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

At one point we had six of us working today. Aaron, Mick, Mike, John, me and a cameo from Sarah. Boy-oh-boy was it such hard work today. Butterfly Conservation cleared the area last year and the contractors put all the … Continue reading →

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Crossed the Rubicon

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It really did feel like we had crossed the Rubicon today. From a few months back, it seemed like ripping out and joining up the Picnic Clearing and the Bird-Box Clearing was an impossible dream. Even this morning, with all … Continue reading →

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Three Men, Two Fires, Lots Cleared.

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

John, Aaron and me today and we started to clear all the brash from last week. It just seemed like endless toil, but we got two fires going and piled them high. There is still a little bit left to … Continue reading →

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New Path

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have talked about it for so long and I think the total mud-bath that the path has become forced our hand somewhat. We brush-cut a new path on the slightly higher ridge of ballast that runs alongside the old … Continue reading →

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Weekender

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Brilliant turnout today with about twelve of us meeting up in the Picnic Cutting to burn off the piles of brash, that we had stored under the bridge to dry it out. I got the fire going very quickly and … Continue reading →