Tag Archives: railway paths
They said it would be easy…
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
Ahead of Target!
Carrina, John, Marcus and myself made it today and finished clearing the ballast path on the south side of the underpass. This is a nice dry path and if we can direct people onto it, the muddy path can settle … Continue reading
TREE DOWN!!
Tree down on the greenway. Unfortunately discovered at the end of our workday, so it will have to wait until next time to be cleared. However, easy to walk around it, so not a problem. Aaron, Linda, Howard and myself … Continue reading
Summary of Sustrans meeting and Feb workdays
I am just trying to summarise what we learnt last week with Dan and David from Sustrans. Please add anything that I have missed out. Clear scrub from around the base of trees. Cut back trees or branches that are … Continue reading
Woodland Ride!!
Today we managed to do what I have been trying to achieve for the last seven years. We created a section that really felt like a woodland ride. Great turn out with Mick, Wayne, Anna, Carrina, Howard, Arron and myself … Continue reading
Scrub Clearance
Good day today with Aaron, Reece and myself chopping a load of this scrub out. We thought it would be a nice feature in the summer, last season, and tried to create a path around the back of it. However, … Continue reading
Professional Help Today
We have finally started to burn off the brash at Berrybanks. We seem to have had quite a few wet days on previous workdays, so we left the brash until it was dry. Today was that day and we got … Continue reading
Draycote Workday CHANGE OF PLAN
MASSIVE CHANGE OF PLAN WITH THE WORKDAY ON SUNDAY 9th OCTOBER: We will not have a Habitat Management Plan in place, or the license agreement from Sustrans before next workday. Without these two things we cannot continue on the section … Continue reading
Draycote to Potford’s Dam
Well what a great first workday getting the path cleared. We had about 15 people turn out and managed to cut the path back so it is now about six foot wide. We did about half a mile, which I … Continue reading
I pulled the nettle pulling workday!
Slight change of plan. I looked at the test area of nettles that I pulled up a couple of weeks ago and nothing is growing. Rather than pull up this valuable food-source, I decided that the best strategy would be … Continue reading
