Tag Archives: cycling

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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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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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 →

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Jaguar Land Rover Day

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had another team from the world-famous Jaguar Land Rover this week. Their task was to clear the scrub between the underpass and Berrybanks. It was, unfortunately, a bit of a wet day, but they cracked on regardless. They installed … Continue reading →

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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 →

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A Surprise But Very Welcome Visit

Posted on September 18, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Six of us wildlife warriors made it today so we were able to split up a bit with four going northwards and me and Steve going southwards. We had got towards the end of our run when I noticed this … Continue reading →