Tag Archives: running
Do We Actually Know What We Are Doing?
This time of year probably makes people think that we don’t. It’s all very much work in progress and does look very messy. However, there is method in our madness. The path becomes a quagmire where it’s in cutting over … Continue reading
Ahead of Plan
We made great progress today, and the next one is our weekender (Sat 15th 10-to-12). A speeded up clip of where we got to… Next one is either carrying on clearing the easterly side to the bridge, or come back … Continue reading
The Clearing Out Has Begun
It’s that time of the year again, probably a few weeks late, but everything that grew over the summer is spent, seeds dropped and needs to be cleared and stacked away from the area. The reason why we need to … Continue reading
Hawthorn Walk
We kinda finished our work on the new lower path today. It’s a welcome alternative route for anyone using the path as a there-and-back walk. The path runs from the middle round picnic bench, northwards towards the birdfeeder glade. The … Continue reading
Coffee and Pretzels
A little bit of an American flavour to the workday today with pretzels – or so I thought… It seems pretzels originated from Germany and were invented by monks!! American or European, I don’t think anyone would be impressed with … Continue reading
Quite a bit to share this week
The main thrust of this week’s workday was clearing some of the thicker branches along the new 225 metre Hawthorn Walk at the south end. In my mind’s eye, I can see a hawthorn and bramble hedge along the fence-line, … Continue reading
Another Duke of Edinburgh Award Signed Off
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
Itching to get going this year!!
We are getting close to the fun bit of the year. That time of the year where we can start clearing out the wildflower glades, cutting back, and generally putting in the work for next year. I have a rough … Continue reading
We Broke Through!!
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
A little bit of sunlight makes such a difference…
We had another good old poke about in the path that runs on the Cawston side of the main path. What we are trying to do is create a second 225 metre path along the edge of part of the … Continue reading
