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It was so cold today….

……that my drink froze in its water-bottle!! But that did not deter Reece, Marcus, John and me. We started a fire and boy-o-boy did it labour for the first half hour, but eventually the brash started to dry out and … Continue reading

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New Bluebell Glade

Great day today with five of us turning out, which is pretty good for a weekday. Well done Mick, Carrina, Reece, Marcus and myself. We have been gifted a couple of bags of English bluebell bulbs, so Marcus, Carrina and … Continue reading

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Bird-box Clearing

Good old workday today with Carrina, Reece, Marcus and myself ripping the scrub out. We have a load of brash to burn off next week. There is simply no room to make habitat piles. Ideally I would like to remove … Continue reading

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What a stinker!!

Eight of us made it today and we started to try and dig channels from the path to the edge, where it drops away, in an attempt to drain all the standing, stagnant, stinky water. It was going nowhere, so … Continue reading

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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

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Pushing It Back

Good turn-out with Linda, Anna, Wayne, Mick and myself. We had two brush-cutters on the go and really pushed back the summer growth and scrub. We burnt off all the brash as Mick and Wayne cut it back. We just … Continue reading

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Back in the Bird-Box Clearing

Marcus, Mick and me made it today. Reece somehow missed us, and Wayne got there after we had all gone, so did a bit of widening just south of Potford’s Dam We started back in the Bird-Box clearing and found … Continue reading

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THE PLAN SO FAR…

This is the plan for this winter: We cut three new glades in the section from the start, next to HHJS, to The Bear. I want to just gently push these back and let more light in. Over time I … Continue reading

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A Good Day At The Rugby End…

Well what a good turn-out today, with I reckon 20+ people volunteering to get some clearings made on the section between The Bear and the start of the railway path next to Henry Hinde Junior School. Some nice log piles … Continue reading

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Workdays this weekend

The Rugby Sustrans group are doing some work on the greenway and we are invited along to help. The plan is to try and connect the Western Relief Road cycle path to the greenway via a ramp by the bridge … Continue reading

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