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A Very Reflective Day…
Well this was the last of our “easy days” where we are just picking up the small amount of litter, and cutting back brambles that look like they are about to break out across the path. Behind this easy time, … Continue reading
It’s Looking Good!!!
Today I jumped on at Berrybanks and walked down to the bird-box clearing, where I met Mick and Aaron. Picked up about a third of a bag of litter. Some of it was aged stuff and a little bit of … Continue reading
Bear Litter-Pick
Mick and me finally got down to the bridge that goes over the greenway by The Bear pub. We wandered up to Berrybanks and then back again, picking up as much of the litter that we could reach. It was … Continue reading
Berrybanks – a plan!
We had a good poke around at Berrybanks today and formulated a plan. The wild strawberry plants are doing ok but the kidney vetch is looking like it is struggling a bit. The sow thistle is rampant but there is … Continue reading
Cutting Back
I got to Berrybanks on time and thought I was on my own. Rather than start to pull up more Sow Thistle, I just wandered southwards and cut back any brambles that looked like they were heading towards the path. … Continue reading
Bye-bye Sow Thistle
Three of us today and we set off snipping back any bramble that was creeping onto the path. Aaron went southwards and reached the end of our bit, whilst Mick and myself headed northbound and again. got to the start, … Continue reading
Today was buzzing – literally!!
Aaron, Mick and me today and we ended up walking down to the end of the greenway (the bit that we look after) and back to Berrybanks. There were butterflies, bees, hoverflies, and all manor of things buzzing around collecting … Continue reading
Buzzards came to visit us today
Nice to get on the greenway today after a nice holiday last week. Joined by Mick and Aaron and we did all that we could at this time of year, which is keep any sprouting brambles cut back off the … Continue reading
It’s getting colourful
With the onset of summer, the greenway is starting to become very colourful. It is such a lovely place to be. Myself and Mick spent the morning chopping back brambles and generally keeping it tidy. We have a good variety … Continue reading
Prickly Start to the Day..
Woucha!! Today we had Mike from Butterfly Conservation, me, Mick, Tim and Mike and we started pulling up the new bramble growth. Boy are they prickly and defensive, but we pulled up loads and roots too. We also got rid … Continue reading
