Tag Archives: railway paths
Another clearing, of sorts…
But before we get into it, you might have noticed a new tab on the menu bar named “Join In”. If you want to join in, it needs to be with us, under a designated workday. This is for insurance … Continue reading
Another Duke of Edinburgh Award Signed Off
This week we tried to get our triangle of benches in place. Sadly it was not to be. Max asked if he could do his DofE with us, so we gave him all the usable bits of the smashed up … Continue reading
We Broke Through!!
We had a last minute change of plan. The triangle of benches are ready but we just couldn’t get them on-site today. So we worked on the secondary path south of the birdfeeder clearing. We broke through and we now … Continue reading
Catching Up!!
Please click on the Dino Trail tab above and see the amazing work that Sophie C has done to earn her Duke of Edinburgh award. I am very impressed. The picnic benches are all re-stained and had the weak points … Continue reading
The Vision
Sometimes it is good to pause and remember the vision that we had some 13 years ago. The railway line was not a path back then. It was an unofficial dump. We spent hours, days, weeks and even years just … Continue reading
Treated like Royalty…
We smashed it again today and got the whole of the section in cutting, cut back so people have the option of walking on drier and higher ground. This is before… And this is after… Hard to imagine that we … Continue reading
Litter picked and snipped
It felt like we were never going to get to the end of our litter picking and snipping back sessions over the last few months. But we eventually got to the little triangle of light at the end. Everything is … Continue reading
Snip Snip Snip
Snipping back is all we can do right now. With one other person from a different household and socially distanced. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, though. First off – our snowdrops are starting to … Continue reading
Another Day at the Office
Victoria, Tom, Marcus and myself managed to cover about half a mile on the trail today. We started at the underpass and worked southwards to the Drummond Road entrance. We are just keeping bramble runners off the path and picking … Continue reading
Wakey wakey!!
Finally, the greenway seems to be waking up! A lot of our old favourites are starting to show and the newly planted mini-meadows are full of new shoots. The new kit-bag has a special place for biscuits, and is starting … Continue reading
