Tag Archives: butterflies
Woodworking Workshop
This ticks so many boxes… Recycling our old picnic bench A-frames, which are made out of recycled car tyres (double win) Each wooden strip cost less than £3, so total cost is slightly over £30 We got to play with … Continue reading
Change of Plan
The schedule was telling us to re-stain our picnic benches ready for the spring. The hoar frost told us different!! So we extended our wildflower meadow slightly, and made it a bit more even on both sides of the path. … Continue reading
January Weekender
We enlarged the Potford Dam wildflower mini-meadow and doubled it in size. The before foto, the work, and the after foto… Thanks to Charlie, who is getting some Duke of Edinburgh Silver Award hours under his belt, for the photos. … Continue reading
This is as good as it gets…
…well, for now. We will probably restart from the Berrybanks end in March, and work towards where we got to today. It’s just gonna have to be “little and often” or we’re going to be stuck here forever. Just the … Continue reading
That sinking feeling…
That sinking feeling when we realise that we’ve bitten off far more than we can chew!! South of Berrybanks or north of the underpass, it feels like we are gonna be camped here for a long time… The before foto, … Continue reading
The Three Pillars
A Path For Everyone Creating a path that is accessible for walkers, cyclists, joggers, families, pushchairs, mobility buggies. Wide enough so people can pass comfortably or walk two abreast, can see far enough ahead so as not to feel intimidated, … Continue reading
Welcome to Season 14
Yes, you read that right – our 14th year of keeping the path open for everyone. That’s as many seasons as The Great British Bake Off. Pretty amazing stuff and a double-bonus because food is always close to my heart!! … Continue reading
Last workday for 2022
Well, we finally got here! Lots of things learnt or re-learnt over the year as we try to keep the three pillars of what we do equally balanced. A path for everyone A nature trail for wildlife A safe place … Continue reading
Another chilly one…
Bloomin’ heck!! Another absolutely freezing day today. However, after the first half hour we were starting to get a little warm under the collar!! As stated in last week’s blog, there is an abandoned bench somewhere at the bottom of … Continue reading
Thank goodness for hot coffee!!
Has Winter started? I never know if it’s the 1st or 21st of December… But whichever way you look at it, it was a cold day today… We made superb progress today and have the whole of the southern part … Continue reading
