Tag Archives: Rugby

Spiced It Up!

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Aaron, Marcus and myself decided to change tack with the squirrels today. Rather than trying to stop them, we thought it might be worth making the food spicy. Squirrels really don’t like spicy or peppery flavours, whilst birds don’t even … Continue reading →

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March Workdays

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I am really struggling to shoe-horn in workdays at the moment and probably will be until the end of June. I can only manage three in March: Sunday 11th 11:30 to 1:30 (DofE youth working with us) Wednesday 14th 11:30 … Continue reading →

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Fun(gi) day

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It seems fungi are like buses, wait around for ages and nothing, and then suddenly loads come along all at once. What a great haul – I could of rooted around in the undergrowth for hours once I got the … Continue reading →

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Community Bench

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have our community bench. This is in the bird-feeder area and the point of it is so people can sit and watch the birds feeding, have a bit of fun recording what they see and most importantly, it gives people … Continue reading →

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Penultimate Workday of the Year

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We are fast approaching the end of the year and Marcus, John and myself put up two of the four bird feeder posts. I have made these so that they have as little value as possible, so if they go … Continue reading →

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My Gosh This Is Hard Work!!!

Posted on November 16, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Hard Work!!! – second day in a row where we had the wrong tools for the workday!! But we soldier on and make the best of what we have. But back-breaking not having the right tools so I had to … Continue reading →

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Hopefully found a bit of balance…

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

I tempered down the last blog entry and tried to make it a bit more balanced. And today was brilliant. We have a nice wide path so that groups can walk or cycle in tandem along the route. Mick, Marcus, … Continue reading →

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Time To Get Back On It!!

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

After a manic last week, I decided to take a few days off from the greenway and just reflect a little on what we are doing and where we are going. However, it never stops in my head and I am … Continue reading →

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Too Much Fruit To Cut Back

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Yes, we are at that point in the year where the bird nesting season is over, but the fruit is so abundant that it would be criminal to start cutting it back, and not allowing our resident wildlife to fatten … Continue reading →

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Busy Morning…

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Oh yes, what a busy morning. Me, Reece and a kidney vetch plant started out. The plan was to snip back going north, from the underpass, but the kidney vetch needed to be planted south so we travelled southwards. This … Continue reading →