Tag Archives: nature

The Transfer Of My Thoughts

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we started to try and transfer what is rattling around in my head, and see if we can create it in real life. In my head it’s something like this… At the moment it seems like a bit … Continue reading →

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Bench Maintenance Part 1

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It’s that time of the year when we get all of our benches ready for the spring and summer. This includes any repairs and a re-stain with our rather unfortunate poo brown coloured wood preserver. I really wish we had … Continue reading →

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The Last Workday…

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This is the last workday before the bird nesting season starts, the last of the really cold days where snow sits on the craggy peaks of the Warwickshire Mountains, as seen here in the distance, looking westward from our little … Continue reading →

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Snow Moon

Posted on February 21, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It’s that time of the month again. The moon has taken 30 spins around the earth and this weekend it’s full and called the Snow Moon. After chatting with the old farmers in the village, the Snow Moon is called … Continue reading →

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Blue Monday

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

That was the Monday just gone. It’s supposed to be the most depressing day of the whole year. The third Monday of the New Year when people have dropped their new year’s resolutions, realise that they have over-spent at Christmas, … Continue reading →

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We Finally Broke Through

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Last week I was getting a bit stressed about how we navigate the lake that has been stubbornly sitting across the whole path for months. It’s one of those situations that kinda takes up residence at the back of your … Continue reading →

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Welcome To Season 15

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

That’s as many seasons as The X Factor, the crazy talent show that discovered artists and bands such as Olly Murs, Leona Lewis, JLS, Little Mix and One Direction, to name but a few. Our quest for World Domination continues … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged benches, bird boxes, Duke of Edinburgh, Flooding, Mongolia, nature, Outer Mongolia, Storms, The X Factor, wild flowers | 11 Comments

The Beaver Moon

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

No smutty giggles at the back, please… The Beaver Moon is called such, because it is when beavers prepare dams ready for the winter. It is also the time that humans would trap beavers for their furs. The Beaver Moon … Continue reading →

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A Chariots of Fire Moment

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We’ve been sort of cruising along at about 120 metres per workday for weeks on end. Today it felt like the shackles fell away and we raced ahead covering 400 metres, and the next 400 metres looks after itself, so … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Day

Posted on November 15, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week the significant events keep rolling in. Remembrance Day is, of course, a memorial day observed since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. My grandmother’s … Continue reading →