Tag Archives: wildlife

Hawthorn Walk

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We kinda finished our work on the new lower path today. It’s a welcome alternative route for anyone using the path as a there-and-back walk. The path runs from the middle round picnic bench, northwards towards the birdfeeder glade. The … Continue reading →

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Coffee and Pretzels

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A little bit of an American flavour to the workday today with pretzels – or so I thought… It seems pretzels originated from Germany and were invented by monks!! American or European, I don’t think anyone would be impressed with … Continue reading →

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Quiet and Respectful Session

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We just gathered and carried on letting light onto the new path. We are being heavily guided by Forestry England and the Woodland Trust at the moment. Their suggestion is trees being about two metres apart so that they can … Continue reading →

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Stressful Day

Posted on September 7, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today was incredibly stressful due to oldest child going up to secondary school and today was his first day. It has been a stressy slow-burn getting here and suddenly the ratchet notched up to the max as the day finally … Continue reading →

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Quite a bit to share this week

Posted on August 31, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

The main thrust of this week’s workday was clearing some of the thicker branches along the new 225 metre Hawthorn Walk at the south end. In my mind’s eye, I can see a hawthorn and bramble hedge along the fence-line, … Continue reading →

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Another Duke of Edinburgh Award Signed Off

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we tried to get our triangle of benches in place. Sadly it was not to be. Max asked if he could do his DofE with us, so we gave him all the usable bits of the smashed up … Continue reading →

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Itching to get going this year!!

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We are getting close to the fun bit of the year. That time of the year where we can start clearing out the wildflower glades, cutting back, and generally putting in the work for next year. I have a rough … Continue reading →

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We Broke Through!!

Posted on August 10, 2022 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We had a last minute change of plan. The triangle of benches are ready but we just couldn’t get them on-site today. So we worked on the secondary path south of the birdfeeder clearing. We broke through and we now … 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 →