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Messy old job today!!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me, Mick and Mike made it today. We basically pulled all the brash out of what was the pond, but is now just a muddy bog. We burnt off the smaller branches and made a log pile with the bigger … Continue reading →

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I pulled the nettle pulling workday!

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Slight change of plan. I looked at the test area of nettles that I pulled up a couple of weeks ago and nothing is growing. Rather than pull up this valuable food-source, I decided that the best strategy would be … Continue reading →

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Paradise

Posted on May 16, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Or so it seemed today. Mike, Aaron, Bill and myself this morning and we just beat back the nettles on the edge of the path. With the sun shining and next to no litter, it felt like a really good … Continue reading →

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Nettles Nettles Nettles

Posted on May 2, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just me today, so I started pulling nettles. I started clearing around a clump of forget-me-nots. I will keep working on this area so that we can see if anything else starts to come up. If it does, it will … Continue reading →

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Trouble With The Waterworks

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just John and me today – trying to sort out the brook that is leaking down the greenway, when it needs to go across it and drain into Lawford Brook, which then eventually goes back under the greenway and drains … Continue reading →

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Three Broken Rakes, Multiple Blisters – But Job Done!

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

At one point we had six of us working today. Aaron, Mick, Mike, John, me and a cameo from Sarah. Boy-oh-boy was it such hard work today. Butterfly Conservation cleared the area last year and the contractors put all the … Continue reading →

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Crossed the Rubicon

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It really did feel like we had crossed the Rubicon today. From a few months back, it seemed like ripping out and joining up the Picnic Clearing and the Bird-Box Clearing was an impossible dream. Even this morning, with all … Continue reading →

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Reduced Numbers Today

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Just Aaron and John today. Mick had the dreaded dentist and I had a poorly child who needed my care. Good work done on the merging of the two clearings. Nice wide path to allow the wet bits to dry … Continue reading →

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Visit from Sustrans

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Ed, Bernie and Lisa from Sustrans, the charity that looks after the greenway, joined us today, along with Mike from Butterfly Conservation. They seemed quite happy with our work and agreed to help create a habitat for Small Blue butterflies … Continue reading →

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Litter Pick and Trim

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Lovely morning on the greenway. We worked on the area where the gate looks over the countryside to the west, down to the picnic clearing. Basically, all we can do in the bird nesting season is litter pick and keep … Continue reading →