Monthly Archives: July 2017

A Hand-Made Bench…

A hand-made bench – or hand-assembled, because some muppet forgot to put the electric screwdrivers on charge beforehand. We were forced to take turns on the rubbish screwdriver that only just fitted the screws. To say it was an easy … Continue reading

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A route from the Western Relief Road Cycle Path to the Greenway and to Leamington Spa or Draycote Water?

A late update from Wednesday’s workday, but here goes. We needed easy access to the southerly part of the path so we could get the bench components on site. We found a gate to a field that runs between the … Continue reading

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Hedgehogs

Today was all about hedgehogs!! We had Debbie join us from Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and what an interesting morning it was. In between making a bench, we had a really great talk about hedgehogs, and then made some hedgehog recording … Continue reading

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It Was All Pickaxes And Mattocks Today

Four of us today, swinging pickaxes and mattocks. Oh boy, I can feel my shoulders and arms starting to ache already. Marcus, Paul, Steve and myself made it today. A good turn-out seeing as there was the Cawston Summer Sizzler … Continue reading

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Time for a quick catch-up…

Time for a quick catch-up… There is so much going on, on the greenway, so I thought it might be useful to roll back a bit and remind everyone of what we are doing. But first, our workday. Today’s workday was … Continue reading

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