Tag Archives: volunteer work

Sorting out the drainage

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

John and Mike today and had a good old crack at sorting out the flooding at Berrybanks. There is a culvert that runs underneath the trackbed and is accessed via two drain covers on either side of the path. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Damp Squib

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

All the expectation was there today with John, Kerrie, Chris, myself and Mick, but everything was just so damp, and no wind to fan the flames, that we eventually kicked the fire out and called it a day. We did … Continue reading →

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Back on it…

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Chris, John, Aaron and myself today on a fine autumnal morning. We quickly got the fire going and I dragged out a load of the old brash and burnt it off, whilst Chris took the bigger logs up to the … Continue reading →

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Stumped!

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Great turn-out today with six of us, Mick, Mike, John, Aaron, Chris and myself. We built the fire around three of the tree stumps and it seemed to get going pretty quickly, but the stumps stopped anything that we put … Continue reading →

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Hot One!!

Posted on September 28, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Four of us made it today. Chris, Mick, Aaron and myself. We had a slight change of plan and caught up with burning off the brash. The fire was full on pretty much from the start and we just kept … Continue reading →

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Let there be light!!!

Posted on September 21, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Four of us today, John, Aaron, Chris and myself, and the plan was to clear all the brash that was left over from the last workday. However, the temptation to start hacking down more of the tree canopy proved too … Continue reading →

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You can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Me, Aaron and John today, and it was just going to be burning off the pile of brash from Saturday, but it was a bit wet so we lost about half an hour waiting for the fire to really get … Continue reading →

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Bear Cutting

Posted on September 12, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Good hard work out on the greenway and what a difference myself and Aaron saw. This bank was a tangle of bramble, scrub and brash six or so weeks ago. Thanks to all the people who have helped to clear … Continue reading →

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Pushing on…

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Myself, Aaron, Chris and Mike who was with us for the first time, and thoroughly enjoyed himself, today. Aaron brush-cut the path from the picnic clearing, down to the southern end and back. The rest of us were in the … 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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