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Log Piles and Dead Hedges

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today Mick, John and myself made it. We decided to not burn everything and instead, build a few piles of logs and brash, and also add to the hedging at the top of the clearing. We burnt off the really … Continue reading →

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Now that is a clearing!!

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Lovely workday today with Aaron, John, Mick and myself getting stuck in. We cleared back the Picnic Clearing northwards until we were out of the cutting and on flat ground. You can see how wide we have made the path. … Continue reading →

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New Path

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have talked about it for so long and I think the total mud-bath that the path has become forced our hand somewhat. We brush-cut a new path on the slightly higher ridge of ballast that runs alongside the old … Continue reading →

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Weekender

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Brilliant turnout today with about twelve of us meeting up in the Picnic Cutting to burn off the piles of brash, that we had stored under the bridge to dry it out. I got the fire going very quickly and … Continue reading →

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Damp Day

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Aaron, Mick, John and myself today. Everything was very wet from all the rain over the last week so I eventually abandoned the fire. I dragged all the brash under the bridge so it can dry out and we can … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Bit of the Greenway

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

The Picnic Clearing is my most favoured part of the greenway. I have fond memories of Edmund here and love to see the daffodils come up in the spring, that I planted in memory of him. Today we had an … Continue reading →

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The end is in sight….

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Beautiful day today and five of us volunteered our time and effort to crack on with what hopefully will be Bluebell Cutting. Chris, Mike, Aaron, Mick and myself got a fire going really quickly and half of us brought down … Continue reading →

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Back on it…

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Chris, John, Aaron and myself today on a fine autumnal morning. We quickly got the fire going and I dragged out a load of the old brash and burnt it off, whilst Chris took the bigger logs up to the … Continue reading →

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Stumped!

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great turn-out today with six of us, Mick, Mike, John, Aaron, Chris and myself. We built the fire around three of the tree stumps and it seemed to get going pretty quickly, but the stumps stopped anything that we put … Continue reading →

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Hot One!!

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Four of us made it today. Chris, Mick, Aaron and myself. We had a slight change of plan and caught up with burning off the brash. The fire was full on pretty much from the start and we just kept … Continue reading →

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