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Start 10am, coffee 11am, finish approx 12 noon.
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Wed 28th Oct - Sky Blue Bench - working southward. Strim and widen path.
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Fri 30th Oct - Dunchurch - Symmetry Park -working westward. Strim and widen path.
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Wed 4th Nov - Sky Blue Bench - trim hedge.
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Wed 11th Nov - Sky Blue Bench - trim hedge.
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Fri 13th Nov - Dunchurch - Windmill Lane - working westward and stain benches if dry (widen path around field).
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Wed 18th Nov - Berrybanks - extend butterfly clearing and clear off wildflower area north side of underpass.
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Wed 25th Nov - Berrybanks - thin trees on southern side to let more sunlight in on south-facing bank.
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Fri 27th Nov - Dunchurch - Symmetry Park - working eastward thinning and widening.
Tag Archives: running
Two Abreast
One thing that we learned this year and last, is that the path works so much better when it is wide. This is because it feels far less intimidating if people can see 100 metres or so ahead of themselves … Continue reading
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Dino Trail is Back
We have redone the Dino Trail. I have possibly gone too far the other way and made them a bit too camouflaged. I will let your children be the judge. Please pass on their feedback. Just to remind you – … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, Mountain-biking, nature, outdoors, running, Trail-walking, volunteer work, walking, wildlife
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Birdfeeder Glade Done
A big thank you to those who have given us a little to keep the show on the road via our Patron link on the right. If enough people give us between £2 and £5 a month it means we … Continue reading
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All about the trees today…
We had a tree pack a couple of years ago from the Woodland Trust. Tiny whips and the protector to go around them. Some have survived and make the edge of our wildflower clearing. What is not to love… In … Continue reading
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This is our MEGA wildflower clearing
This is the big one! Kinda the centre of what we are trying to create. All of this has to go. We need to rake off as much of the cuttings as possible and pile them up out of the … Continue reading
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This is where the magic is made
Normally muggins here is too quick to get going so forgets to take before and after photos. Today I remembered. This is our biggest wildflower clearing and we need to get rid of all the plants now that the seeds … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, mental health, nature, outdoors, running, volunteer work, wildflowers, wildlife
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We Have Merchandise
It is true – we have merchandise that is 100% exclusive to Cawston Greenway and if you enjoy the path you can buy a little memento. So far we have a fridge magnet. I will sort out the shop part … Continue reading
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A New Way To Support Us
We haven’t done any fund-raising for a while and looking in the Cawston Greenway petty-cash tin, all I can see is a few random pennies and a button that popped off my trousers after the first lockdown!! We have teamed … Continue reading
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More Work on the Wildflower Clearing
Bit of a shaky video of our new clearing. I have a ton of poppy seeds to sow, along with a lot of other locally-sourced wildflower seeds. Mick, Marcus and me today and it was hard, hard work, which is … Continue reading
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We Are Back (sort of)
Sustrans have given us the green light to work on the disused railway, but not as a group (unless from the same household) and only to do very light work. A great step forwards. I started at Potford Dam and … Continue reading
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Tagged cawston, cycling, Dunchurch, jogging, national cycle network 41, nature trail, path, Railway path, rambling, running, walking
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