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Tag Archives: sustrans
Treated like Royalty…
We smashed it again today and got the whole of the section in cutting, cut back so people have the option of walking on drier and higher ground. This is before… And this is after… Hard to imagine that we … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, Mountain-biking, nature, NCN 41, outdoors, patron, railway paths, sustrans, volunteer work, wildlife
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Daily Exercise
We are allowed to take our daily exercise on the greenway and do small tasks like a litter pick or snipping back. Only two people at a time and social distancing must be observed. Today we just snipped back a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cawston Greenway Nature Trail, Mental Wellbeing, Railway path, sustrans
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Another Solo Workday
This week was just a bit of “light touch” maintenance. Actually staining one of the picnic benches. I will give it another coat and do the underside, on my next visit. It was a good time to enjoy the path. … Continue reading
Missing in Action
It was a cold day in March when we lost two of our rakes. Someone had hidden them somewhere “safe” and then couldn’t find them! Today I remembered where I had put them… Welcome back, rakes. It was me, Mick, … Continue reading
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Tagged Birdwatching, cycling, national cycle network 41, nature trail, photography, picnic benches, Railway path, running, sustrans, walking
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A Long Walk….
I had a job on in Woodlands, close to Sainsbury’s, on Wednesday morning so I gave myself a good 25 minutes to walk from that to the greenway – 45 minutes later I got there, totally knackered – and no … Continue reading
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Tagged benches, blokes, clearing, crowdfunding, helping others, mental health, mental well being, newts, path, picnic benches, sustrans, wildflowers
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Complementary Colours
It was like nature had put out the bunting to welcome Reece, Marcus and myself back to Berrybanks, a rather appealing purple and yellow theme, and the butterflies loved it too. An attractive mixture of St. John’s Wort and Tufted … Continue reading
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Tagged bloody-nosed beetles, chatting, community, cycling, hobbies, mental health, mental well being, photography, Railway path, rambling, Rugby to Draycote Railway Path, Rugby to Leamington Spa Railway, running, St John's Wort, sustrans, tufted vetch, volunteering
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How Many Blokes to Move a Bench?
I don’t think any of us had our Weetabix this morning… Moving the bench was such an effort! There it is… Just a few miles away!! Chris, Marcus, Aaron and Paul made the trip down to the end of our … Continue reading
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Tagged bloody-nosed beetles, community, cycling, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, NCN 41, nectar, outdoors, photography, rambling, Rugby, running, sustrans, view, volunteer work
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Life Goes On…
We are ahead of our winter schedule, which is probably a first in all of the ten years that we have been doing the greenway. Marcus, Chris, Aaron, Kerrie, Mick and myself made it today and seeded the last three … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, butterflies, community, cycling, friendship, hobbies, mental health, Mountain-biking, nature, nectar, outdoors, photography, Picnic, rambling, running, sustrans, wildflowers
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Life on the Hedge
A cracking turn-out with Marcus, Reece, Aaron, Kerrie and myself armed and ready to tackle our hedge challenge. Supplies were plentiful with gingerbread men, fudge and coffee on offer throughout the morning. I don’t think we quite got to the … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, bloody-nosed beetles, bumblebee, butterflies, community, cycling, dappled sunlight, Hedge Bedstraw, hedgerow, holly, Lady's Bedstraw, nature, photography, picnic benches, running, sustrans
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Visit from the mothership
Great to be joined by David from Sustrans, today. David brought gifts, in the form of cookies and our much needed Lady’s Bedstraw and Hedge Bedstraw seeds. We now have enough seeds to really encourage our Bloody-nosed Beetle population along … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, bloody-nosed beetles, butterflies, Hedge Bedstraw, Lady's Bedstraw, NCR, NCR 41, picnic benches, pollinators, rambling, sustrans, view, walking
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