Tag Archives: picnic benches
Creating the Wow Factor
This is the month where the Bird Nesting Season starts. I’ve had a few blue tits checking out the nesting boxes in my garden, but they are not obviously nest-building, and we have the pause before the huge explosion where … Continue reading
Benched Out…
A bit of a weird one this week where I need to take you back to 2020 when me and Kerrie, my wife, put in a little pedestal bench with views across the heath. In June of last year we … Continue reading
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
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
The Last Post(crete)
This really is the last time that I am going to hump bags of Postcrete about. If not, it will probably be the end of me!! We cracked on with the smashed-up picnic bench replacement just north of The Bear … 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
We Have A New Toy…
It’s something that is tremendously exciting and tells us if the birds are happy, sort of. It’s an app on my phone that cleverly recognises birdsong and tells us what we have. This is super-important because we can kind of … Continue reading
Jaguar Land Rover Take Over
We hosted a group from Jaguar Land Rover this week. They very kindly installed a new picnic bench in a clearing with super views. A great day was had and the JLR team also picked up two bags of litter. … Continue reading
Spring Equinox
Spring has officially started, at last!! It’s actually the spring equinox today, the time of the year when the day and the night are an equal length. In cultures around the world, the spring equinox has represented a time of renewal, … Continue reading
