Tag Archives: cawston

Scallops and Stuff

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six of us wildlife warriors met up today and pushed on with the path on the slightly higher ground, ready for when the main path becomes a mudbath in winter, and we also continued to scallop the path edges. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Active Travel, butterflies, cawston, cawston greenway, community, community space, cycling, Dunchurch, Dunchurch Bridleway, mountain biking, outdoors, volunteer work, walking, wildlife | 12 Comments

Time to Visit the September Jobs List

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have one last week until the birdnesting season ends and we can visit our list of jobs to do (top right of menu bar) over autumn and winter. Six of us made it today and trimmed the path back … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Access To Nature, Active Travel, Adventure, cawston, Connecting Communities, cycling, Dunchurch, Exploring, Fresh Air, nature, Paths For Everyone, Sustainable Transport, walking, Wheeling | 6 Comments

We Made It…

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We finally made it to the end of the month. It seems like day 131 but is actually just day 31. In my mind, if I had designed a yearly calendar, I like to think that after a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bird nesting boxes, cawston, fungi, HUE166, Land Rover, nature trail, picnic benches, railway paths | 10 Comments

Remember, Remember, The 5th of November…

Posted on November 8, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

These historic events are coming thick and fast at the moment. Last week we had Halloween, this week we had Bonfire Night which gives me the chance to show off the lovely village where I live. Dunchurch (in England for … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston, Cawston Greenway Nature Reserve, community, conservation, cycling, nature, outdoors, Rugby, running, volunteer work, wildlife | 14 Comments

The Harvest Moon

Posted on September 27, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Our new circular picnic bench survived the pagan rituals of the autumn equinox over the last weekend, so we marched ahead and put in the second bench on this northern part of the path. This week we witness the Harvest … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, Dunchurch, graffiti, levelling up, nature, outdoors, picnic benches, running, volunteer work, Warwickshire, wildlife | 14 Comments

Hawthorn Trail

Posted on July 26, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

You may have noticed a new tab above called “Hawthorn Trail”. This is the 220 metre secondary path that we created that stops that kinda walking out and then back again, along the same path. I don’t know about you, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterflies, cawston, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, England, nature, outdoors, running, volunteer work, Warwickshire, wildflower meadows, wildlife | 7 Comments

Mick’s Sunset Bench

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Some knew him as Mick, some as Mike and some as Michael. I think he started with us as Michael but made us change it to Mick later on, so I’m sticking with Mick, if that’s OK with everyone else. … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Bench with a view, cawston, cycling, Hebrew, Israel, Railway path, Sudan, Sudanese Arabic, walking, wildflower glades, World Domination, World Famous | 13 Comments

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 →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, benches, butterflies, cawston, cawston greenway, Cawston Greenway Nature Trail, insects, litter-pick, Railway path, rubbish, Rugby, Warwickshire | 4 Comments

January Weekender

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Bramble Scrub, butterflies, cawston, Cawston Greenway Mugs, Cawston Warwickshire, community, conservation, nature trail, outdoors, Railway path, Wildflower rich grassland, Woodland | 5 Comments

The Vision

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Sometimes it is good to pause and remember the vision that we had some 13 years ago. The railway line was not a path back then. It was an unofficial dump. We spent hours, days, weeks and even years just … Continue reading →