Tag Archives: cycling

Our First Workday Past Potfords Dam.

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Bit of a strange one for me, I am just working through a virus that I picked up on Wednesday and really felt out of sorts, so forgive me if it is a bit disjointed, but here goes for our … Continue reading →

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Massively Pleased With Progress…

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I am so happy with where we are at. The nice wide path is airy and drying out nicely. Looking up and down looks good. Great to work with Mick, Carrina and Aaron, today. A quick up and down the … Continue reading →

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Bird Boxes are Up!!

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Thanks to Andrew who made them, and Aaron who got them up, today. We have just caught the tail end of the period when birds are searching for somewhere to nest, so we can look forward to monitoring and recording … Continue reading →

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Back on the Ridge…

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We are being so careful at the moment with nesting birds. We are removing the last of the trees on the ballast ridge, so that we have a dry path, and give the muddy old path chance to grass over. … Continue reading →

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Wildlife Habitat Piles

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

First off – look above and you will see a new heading on the menu bar. We should be recording wildlife that we are seeing. In the spring and summer we can add butterflies, wild-flowers and anything else. It also … Continue reading →

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Sunday Workday

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great workday today. Linda, Aaron, Mick, Tim and myself were treated to a nice bit of winter sun as we worked to clear off the south facing bank at Berrybanks. Having cleared the dead vegetation from last year, we found … Continue reading →

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Summary of Sustrans meeting and Feb workdays

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I am just trying to summarise what we learnt last week with Dan and David from Sustrans. Please add anything that I have missed out. Clear scrub from around the base of trees. Cut back trees or branches that are … Continue reading →

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AWOL

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Yes, that was me on this Wednesday’s workday. I had actually put a note on our facebook page saying that I could not make it, but tagged it onto the January workday dates and I guess it just got buried. … Continue reading →

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Woodland Ride!!

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today we managed to do what I have been trying to achieve for the last seven years. We created a section that really felt like a woodland ride. Great turn out with Mick, Wayne, Anna, Carrina, Howard, Arron and myself … Continue reading →

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It was so cold today….

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

……that my drink froze in its water-bottle!! But that did not deter Reece, Marcus, John and me. We started a fire and boy-o-boy did it labour for the first half hour, but eventually the brash started to dry out and … Continue reading →