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Tag Archives: fungi
Basecamp Operational
With the forecast rain, I thought it would be a good idea to put up some cover. Thankfully Marcus and Aaron came along to assist. As it happened, the monsoon held off until the afternoon! It’s always good fun to … Continue reading
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Tagged basecamp, community, cycling, friendship, fun, fungi, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, photography, rambling, running, Saturday Morning
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Our wild strawberry has got, err, a bit wild..
Great day today with Marcus, Linda, Mick and myself. We raked off the banks at Berrybanks and created habitat piles for all sorts of insects and small mammals. It’s all about building nooks and crannies for insects to burrow in … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, community, friendship, fungi, mental health, nature, photography, Rugby, wildflowers, wildlife
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Time To Get Back On It!!
After a manic last week, I decided to take a few days off from the greenway and just reflect a little on what we are doing and where we are going. However, it never stops in my head and I am … Continue reading
We recovered our wild strawberry!!
Our wild strawberry was doomed, or so I thought. But no! It has been quietly thriving, spreading and growing underneath all the thistles that suddenly came up at Berrybanks. We need to find the rest of it and release it … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, cawston, Draycote, fungi, moths, NCN 41, photography, Wild Strawberry, wildflowers, wildlife
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Let There Be Light…
Let There Be Light was the phrase uttered by Steve when we removed a group of young trees. Indeed, there was light in abundance. A good workday with Steve, Aaron and myself making the late start. The plan was to … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, conservation, cycling, Endangered Butterflies, fungi, Hedgehogs, moths, mountain bikers, Mountain-biking, nature, NCN 41, photography, running, small mammals, volunteer work, walking, wildflowers, wildlife
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Busy Morning…
Oh yes, what a busy morning. Me, Reece and a kidney vetch plant started out. The plan was to snip back going north, from the underpass, but the kidney vetch needed to be planted south so we travelled southwards. This … Continue reading
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Tagged community, conservation, cycling, fungi, kidney vetch, nature, NCN 41, photography, Rugby, running, sustrans, wildflowers, wildlife
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A Hand-Made Bench…
A hand-made bench – or hand-assembled, because some muppet forgot to put the electric screwdrivers on charge beforehand. We were forced to take turns on the rubbish screwdriver that only just fitted the screws. To say it was an easy … Continue reading
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Tagged Bird-boxes, cawston, conservation, Damselflies, Draycote, fungi, mini beasts, Mountain-biking, NCN 41, Picnic, Rugby, Trail-walking, wildflowers, Wildlife Photography
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It Was All Pickaxes And Mattocks Today
Four of us today, swinging pickaxes and mattocks. Oh boy, I can feel my shoulders and arms starting to ache already. Marcus, Paul, Steve and myself made it today. A good turn-out seeing as there was the Cawston Summer Sizzler … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, conservation, cycling, fungi, fungus, meadow flowers, moths, mountain bikers, nature, outdoors, path, pride, railway, running, together, volunteer work, walking, wildflowers, wildlife
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Hard Going at A45 and Beyond
It was a tough one today. Marcus, Steve, Tim and myself started to try and move the water that is under the A45 bridge. Not as easy as it seemed, but we found a pile of hardcore and built a … Continue reading
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Tagged cawston greenway, community, cycling, fungi, lichen, nature, NCN41, outdoors, sustrans, wildflowers
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Sustrans Joined Us Today.
It is always a real pleasure when anyone from Sustrans joins us. Today we had Martyn, the Land Manager for the area. The reason that it is such a pleasure is because we have the chance to showcase our lovely … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, community, conservation, cycling, fungi, fungus, litter, meadow flowers, moths, mountain bikers, nature, outdoors, plants, railway, running, walking, water, wild flowers, wildlife
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