Tag Archives: Connecting Communities

Merry Christmas

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Eight wildlife warriors (Reece, Marcus, Steve, Martin, Ian, Dave, Matt, and Paul) turned out today for our last workday before Christmas and the New Year. What a wonderful year we have had. We have seen the team get bigger, the … Continue reading →

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Winding Down For Christmas

Posted on December 11, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six wildlife heroes turned out today (Reece, Marcus, Steve, Matt, Martin and Paul) and we cracked on with pushing out the scallop pockets and creating windows on the other side of the path to let shafts of sunlight into the … Continue reading →

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Depleated Squad

Posted on December 4, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

At kick-off, we realised that we had a lot of injuries to the team, and other team members on international duties so there were literally just three of us. However, we pushed on as best we could. The first thing … Continue reading →

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Couch-2-10k Trail Walking

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

If you are reading from the WordPress viewer, I would suggest clicking on http://www.cawstongreenway.co.uk for a better viewing experience. Nine wildlife warriors (Marcus, Reece, Dave, Ian, Matt, Steve, Nathan, Martin, and Paul) turned out today in what looked like a … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Access To Nature, Active Travel, circular walks, community, Connecting Communities, conservation, cycling, nature, running, trail walking, trails, walking | 5 Comments

Six Mile (10K) Circular Walk

Posted on November 20, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I feel that we are ready to put up this six-mile walk. There are loads of ways to track back for much shorter loops, or go further into Dunchurch, but this is the basic backbone of the walk. It starts … Continue reading →

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Bacon in the Woods

Posted on November 13, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have a new country tuning in – it’s been a while!! Welcome Barbados… It’s so nice when this happens. I don’t know how people find the blog but it does go out on quite a few platforms and stuff. … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Active Travel, bacon rolls, community, Connecting Communities, cycling, managed woodland, nature, outdoors, walking | 8 Comments

Now We’re Cooking…

Posted on November 6, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Eight wildlife warriors made it today (Marcus, Reece, Dave, Ian, Steve, Nathan, Martin and Paul) and we thought we might try something a bit different on the first workday of each month. We’re a pretty well-bonded group, but we thought … Continue reading →

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Active Travel

Posted on October 23, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Nine wildlife warriors turned out today (Kerrie, Marcus, Reece, Dave, Matt, George, Steve, Martin and Paul) and cleared off the last wildflower glade. If we don’t rip it all out it becomes scrub, and the scrub will eventually give way … Continue reading →

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Scallop Management

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I have been banging on about “scallops” for ages now. I revisited my woodland management guides and when they talk about scallops along a path edge, they are talking about 50 metres in length and 15 metres deep. I think … Continue reading →

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A Window Of Sunshine Between Days Of Rain

Posted on October 9, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It really seems to have been raining non-stop for ages. Silly me left my wellies out in the garden and I could literally pour water out of them yesterday when I realised. I was dreading the soaking that we were … Continue reading →