Tag Archives: railway paths

Another Duke of Edinburgh Award Signed Off

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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We Broke Through!!

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Catching Up!!

Posted on June 22, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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The Vision

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Treated like Royalty…

Posted on January 20, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Litter picked and snipped

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Snip Snip Snip

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Another Day at the Office

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Wakey wakey!!

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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They said it would be easy…

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Pulling these stumps out was supposed to be easy. But because the ground is so stony and hard-packed, it was really tough!! Paul, Mick, Marcus, Aaron, Linda and myself made it today and we worked on pulling out the stumps … Continue reading →

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