Tag Archives: benches

We finished re-staining the benches…

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today, we cracked on with re-staining the rest of our bench collection with my mate, who does what it says on the tin, Ronseal. And it didn’t rain!!! There’s a first!! Don’t they look absolutely divine. Simple, yet elegant design, … Continue reading →

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Renaming The Benches

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have some new additions to our bench collection, and some modifications, due to the over-enthusiastic youth trying to wrestle with them last year, after too much fighting juice. We also have the first of the Spring blossom. The feel-good … Continue reading →

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You Could Drive A Tank Through That Gap…

Posted on April 5, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A question often debated, by the various people who claim to know what they are talking about, is how wide should the path be. We have the one side who would opt for the skinny single-file track, and then the … Continue reading →

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Nearly Rained Off…

Posted on March 29, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

The blog schedule told us that we were re-staining the benches today. The weather told us different. I looked at the forecast yesterday and thought it would be rained off, so didn’t bother getting the woodstain. Today looked dry at … Continue reading →

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We Have New Mugs…

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I decided that we needed something new to drink our coffee out of. What better way to introduce our branded enamel mugs… I love ’em. Everybody loves ’em. And these bad-boys are not for sale in our shop… yet!! Let … Continue reading →

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Another Duke of Edinburgh Award Signed Off

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we tried to get our triangle of benches in place. Sadly it was not to be. Max asked if he could do his DofE with us, so we gave him all the usable bits of the smashed up … Continue reading →

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Benches part 2

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Second week of a bit of TLC for our benches. We tightened the nuts and screws on the picnic benches and carried on with staining them. Actually managed to remember a before and after picture this week! We have the … Continue reading →

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New bench with a cracker of a view

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

The nice thing about being a volunteer group, is that we are not under any time or financial pressure. We can think about stuff and hopefully do things that are a little more geared towards the long-term. With the new … Continue reading →

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Workshop Day

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This was our much-awaited workshop day for young autistic adults. It was also creating our group seating area. Firstly, many thanks to the people who supported us with these two projects. We could not have done it without you. Chris, … Continue reading →

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Weekend Workday

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have our young adults with autism workshop, on Wednesday 4th March – more about this later. We had Matt, Tom, Mick, Marcus and myself on our weekender and we carried on chopping back the ground-ivy. It’s a tough job … Continue reading →