http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk a project to get an old railway track restored so we can use it to walk to the village Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:43:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en OK - I own up it was me on the BBC so a while but it wasn't me who puled the plug on the audio!! One interesting thing is that they approached me, so for anyone who is thinking of doing a bit just do it as Nike would say! Sooner rather ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/178 28th August 2008 can now go down in history as the day the mile long Standish Line was resurfaced from top to bottom. With the kind assistance of many, the pathway is now ready to be used by the communities of Standish and Shevington Moor a like. Some may say I was ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/171 Sometimes when people set out on these type of tasks you expect that mother nature will at least play fair - but sometimes she doesn't. When the Romans came to England if during there first summer they'd have experienced the weather we have had over the last few months they would ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/164 So only 5 or 6 hours from when I last posted the digger was parked up and I went out to see what they had managed to do - erm quite a lot!! So tomorrow 200 tones of Sandstone arrive and away we go - more pictures and a perfect path ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/163 Ok so the work begins today - 20/08/08 These pictures show the extent of the mile long stretch, to be fair I never thought I'd get them taken at all. As the path is so bad it's essential to use a mountain bike to get down, go to the garage ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/122 20th August 2008 is the day that the Standish Mineral Line Guerilla Gardening/Community Action project comes of age. Today will see the start of what will be a mile long transformation of the entire path from Almond Brook Hotel to Somerfield, making a new footpath without puddles and mud!!! With 200 tonnes ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/121 What a strange summer! We've had rain, sun, rain, rain and sun (not in that order but it's been an odd one) Anyway, not a lot goes on in the summer because everything is growing and stuff, but if you've taken a walk down the line recently you may have noticed some ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/120 Ok so Guerilla Gardening is now fashionable - at last and thanks to everyone's efforts including Richard at Guerilla Gardening. Recently with the launch of Richards book On Guerilla Gardening there has been a flurry of press attention on the subject.  Ok so my plot got covered in the Standish Life ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/119 Guess what you can't do right for doing wrong - the majority of people love it but well....and I won't use her name... read this... Message: hello Dave, I e-mailed neil whittingham last night to express my concern about the material used on the mineral line.It is totally unsuitable, unsafe for all users as ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/118 There you go - 14 months on the original mission (armed with a spade, rake, barrow and a few Uncle Joes Mint Balls - to keep it real) and my stretch is complete! You can now walk from A to B without getting muddy and in Summer the ... http://www.guerillagardeners.wn6.co.uk/archives/116