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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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Itching to get going this year!!

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We are getting close to the fun bit of the year. That time of the year where we can start clearing out the wildflower glades, cutting back, and generally putting in the work for next year. I have a rough … Continue reading →

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We Broke Through!!

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had a last minute change of plan. The triangle of benches are ready but we just couldn’t get them on-site today. So we worked on the secondary path south of the birdfeeder clearing. We broke through and we now … Continue reading →

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A little bit of sunlight makes such a difference…

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had another good old poke about in the path that runs on the Cawston side of the main path. What we are trying to do is create a second 225 metre path along the edge of part of the … Continue reading →

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Week One of the School Holidays

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A gentle workday today with just a litter pick and snipping back bramble, from Potford Dam to the Cawston Bridleway clearing, which is about half a mile. Mike also snipped back nettles at Berrybanks. A lot of the fast growing … Continue reading →

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Small Step Backwards for a Huge Step Forwards

Posted on July 20, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

There is something that has not been sitting well with me for a while now. Whilst I think we are 99% on the right track, there is something that I eluded to a couple of weeks ago. We seem to … Continue reading →

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What a Crazy Few Months!!

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

You would think that with 13 years of doing this, we would sort of know what we are doing… But we are forever getting curveballs thrown at us and the ‘plan’ has to be totally fluid to cope with all … Continue reading →

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Flip-Flop

Posted on July 6, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I am not normally one to dither and hesitate, but today I found myself flip-flopping about what we are doing. Three things were on my mind – something that Michael Drummond from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust said some 13 years ago … Continue reading →

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Catching Up!!

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Please click on the Dino Trail tab above and see the amazing work that Sophie C has done to earn her Duke of Edinburgh award. I am very impressed. The picnic benches are all re-stained and had the weak points … Continue reading →

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Bench Rescue

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Such fun dragging the benches back up onto the path… It gives us the chance to suss out the weak points and reinforce and re-stain. The wildflower meadow was planted in autumn rather than spring. Not sure if this is … Continue reading →