Tag Archives: wildflowers

Another clearing, of sorts…

Posted on March 1, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

But before we get into it, you might have noticed a new tab on the menu bar named “Join In”. If you want to join in, it needs to be with us, under a designated workday. This is for insurance … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, biodiversity, butterflies, cawston greenway, coffee, cookies, litter pick, railway paths, snowdrops, wildflowers | 4 Comments

Woodworking Workshop

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This ticks so many boxes… We need to attach the table top next week and dig the legs into the track so that the seat height is about 45cm from the ground. We also need to stain the wood so … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bird nesting boxes, butterflies, community, cycling, Heath Views, Lawford Heath, picnic benches, Picnics, running, volunteer work, walking, wildflower meadow, wildflowers, wildlife | 2 Comments

Change of Plan

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

The schedule was telling us to re-stain our picnic benches ready for the spring. The hoar frost told us different!! So we extended our wildflower meadow slightly, and made it a bit more even on both sides of the path. … Continue reading →

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Another chilly one…

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Bloomin’ heck!! Another absolutely freezing day today. However, after the first half hour we were starting to get a little warm under the collar!! As stated in last week’s blog, there is an abandoned bench somewhere at the bottom of … Continue reading →

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Now you see why…

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

With the heavy and what seems like continual rain over the last few weeks, you can see why we clear off the higher ballast path… It gives people the option not to have to walk through the muddy puddles. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged butterfly embankment, Cawston Greenway Nature Trail, Endangered Butterflies, glades, mental health, Mental Wellbeing, nature, wildflowers, woodland glade, woodland ride | 2 Comments

Saturday Scallops

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Our first weekender for a while and we are back at the bit south of Cawston Bridleway bridge. The path runs in a roughly south-westerly direction so the edge of the path is never going to get full sun, unless … Continue reading →

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The Clearing Out Has Begun

Posted on October 5, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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A little bit of sunlight makes such a difference…

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

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 →

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Week One of the School Holidays

Posted on July 27, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A gentle workday today with just a litter pick and snipping back bramble, from Potford Dam to the Cawston Bridleway clearing, which is about half a mile. Mike also snipped back nettles at Berrybanks. A lot of the fast growing … Continue reading →

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What a Crazy Few Months!!

Posted on July 13, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

You would think that with 13 years of doing this, we would sort of know what we are doing… But we are forever getting curveballs thrown at us and the ‘plan’ has to be totally fluid to cope with all … Continue reading →