Tag Archives: outdoors
Back in the Gutter
No workday for me last week due to a well-earned holiday. I swapped my usual view for this. However, the guys did a load of work on the path width from The Bear bridge right to the northern end. It’s … Continue reading
Poking Around The Drains
Four of us got out today at Berrybanks, we missed Dave, but cracked on with going backwards to pick up where we got to last week, and then we ploughed on northbound and got to spitting distance of The Bear … Continue reading
Summer Rolls On…
Oh no!! It rained on St. Swithin’s Day (15th July) – According to the old saying, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day it will rain for the next 40 days. If St. Swithin’s Day is dry, the next 40 … Continue reading
More Donations
We had an incredibly generous donation from Dunchurch Pantomaniacs. They have funded our fourth strimmer, a hedge-trimmer, a couple of extra batteries, and five bird-boxes. This will be so useful in the autumn when we can push the scrub right … Continue reading
Last Week Of Men’s Health Month.
If you didn’t know, it’s been Men’s Health Month in June. I like the mental health, or mental welbeing aspect of this and has been something that I have been banging on about for literally years and years. One of … Continue reading
We Drained The Lake
Or rather, Reece and David did. I just paddled about in my green wellies trying my best to look like I knew what I was doing, which lasted for about five minutes before I was rumbled, and was sent off … Continue reading
Welcome To My World…
…the third rock from the sun. We had what is called a Parade of Planets this week, where all the planets line up and some can be seen with the naked eye. Quite a sight if you like star-gazing, and … Continue reading
Northern Lights
We had the Northern Lights to admire this week. Thankfully there is no light pollution on our northern side and the view was magnificent. We met at the most southerly part today and strimmed back the path edge just 6 … Continue reading
Green Explosion
This is the week where it goes absolutely mad. It really does feel like it would become a jungle if we just left it, which is no good for anybody except the David Bellamy types. The thought of all those … Continue reading
May Day
This week, in fact, today, we celebrate May Day. The time of the year where young ladies and Morris Men dance around Maypoles up and down the villages of the UK, a May Queen is chosen, and green men lurk … Continue reading
