Sunday, 7 February 2010

More work at Waldersea

Work this Sunday, and for the next three weeks, concentrates on preperations for the sponsored walk on Sunday, March 7th. First of all, in to the side of the line, an area has been cleared where there will be fresh water, and an area where the Half Way break will be. The photo of the cleared area is shown below.
Some work was also done to tidy up, and fill in the gap which existed between the end of the road surface and the new fencing work. This didn't take too long, but makes it much safer than it was.
Once that was done, and swept level and packed in place, the work moved on to clearing the track south of Waldersea Farm Crossing, so unlike those who walked the line on January 20th, the members doing the sponsored walk on Sunday, March 7th will be able to pass without having to fight the brambles. We did joke we should be called the Bramble Line, as there is a very high volume of brambles in this area. The photo below shows the line immediatley south of Waldersea Farm Crossing before we started.

Sponsored Walk through that then anyone? Didn't think so, and neither did we. So we started working our way towards Coldham around 11.30am as you can see from the photos below.
By the time we finished the area above, we were 31 wagons from Waldersea Level Crossing (We know this because of the sign) and it was 2.30pm. As you can see in the background , the bad weather was closing in, so we decided to call it a day there. In total there was about 1/2 mile cleared, but this is more or less all of what was needing done in the Waldersea area. A comparson is shown below;
Moving forward, subject to the weather (possible snow end of the week), we will be at Coldham working from the Level Crossing towards Waldersea. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch. You can e-mail us at bramley_line@yahoo.com or just come along on the Sunday from 9.30am onwards.

Saturday, 6 February 2010

Busy times at Waldersea

We are sorry for the lack of updates over the last couple of weeks, and photos. This is because the person who updates the site has been away. Over the last few weeks, volunteers turnout has been poor mainly because of the cold weather, but also some members visited the Great Central Railways winter steam gala.

Most of the work over the last few weeks has centred on making up and finishing the fencing work at Waldersea. All of the fencing is now down at the crossing. the photo below shows how it was over Christmas and New Year. All the fencing at both Waldersea and Elm Road will soon be given a white gloss, but this is likely to happen after the sponsored walk, when the better weather is here.
As you can see, standing from a distance, the overall look has now massively improved. The photo below shows the full extent of the new fencing at Waldersea. Once this has been glossed we think the whole area around Waldersea will look excellent. It is a shame we can't do something with the other gates, but we will look into this at a later date. The Waldersea depot sign has been resited and will soon be repainted and will look much better. We have also added "Refresh Notices" to say that the work has been carried out by volunteers of the Bramley Line.
Work this Sunday will take place again at Waldersea. The main object over the next few weeks will be working on Clearing work between Waldersea and Coldham, to clear a path through the Brambles on the line for our Sponsored Walk on Sunday March 7th.
More details of the sponsored walk can be found at our website by clicking here.

If you would like to get involved, please get it touch. E-mail us at bramley_line@yahoo.com

Thursday, 21 January 2010

A day out along the line...

On Wednesday, January 20th, a couple of the members undertook a walk along the line from one end to the other in preperation for the Sponsored Walk on Sunday March 7th. It was a very good day, and some photos were taken.





Work this Sunday will take place at Waldersea from 10am. If you'd like to get involved, get in touch, bramley_line@yahoo.com

Monday, 18 January 2010

Sponsored Walk from Wisbech to March


This year, the Bramley Line is planning on being more active in fundraising, in more ways than one. On Sunday, March 7th, we are doing a sponsored walk from Wisbech, Weasenham Lane along the old railway as much as is possible to Elm Road Level Crossing at March, upon arrival there will be a members BBQ (Weather Permitting). Anyone is welcome to join the walk, but to do so you must be members of the Bramley Line, as our track access licence only allows members on the line.

Membership only costs £10 per year for Adults. More information on membership and the Sponsored Walk can be found at http://www.bramleyline.org.uk/

Work this Sunday concentrated on preparing for the walk, with some clearance work done at Waldersea. Unfortuantly, due to a faulty camera, we have no photos this week, but rest assured this will be corrected for next week.

Friday, 8 January 2010

Sunday, January 10th

Due to Adverse weather conditions, and in the interests of the Safety of volunteers, the proposed work at Waldersea has been cancelled and will now take place on Sunday, January 17th 2010.

Sunday, 3 January 2010

Winter blues at Chain Bridge

Happy New Year to everyone, and we start 2010 at Chain Bridge. Work to erect some new fencing took place today. First the hole was dug for the post, then the post was hammered into the ground. It was packed with stones and then the hole filled in again.

The cross beams where then nailed to the posts, the individual spikes nailed to the beams.


This doesn't sound like a lot, but there is a good four - five hours work involved in this. Bitterly cold, and a job well done, the work was complete and we all set off around 1500.

Work next Sunday, January 10th takes place at Waldersea from 11am onwards. If your interested in getting involved, please contact us at bramley_line@yahoo.com

Saturday, 26 December 2009

Winter Wonderland

On Sunday, December 21st, plans for finishing off the fencing to the North of Waldersea crossing were put back because of the Snow. A number of members live in Rural areas or a few miles away, that prevented them from coming out. Therefore, the remaining fencing posts and panels where put away, ready for the new year, when the work resumes on January 3rd 2010.

On Sunday, January 3rd, work will be taking place at Waldersea to do the work put off since 21st December. The Bramley Line hopes all our supporters and visitors have had a very Happy Christmas, and we wish everyone a Good new year for 2010.