Busy few weeks for the Bramley Line

Well, its been a couple weeks since the last update, and that because we have been so busy. We attended at very short notice Fincham Village fete and also a Model Railway Exhibition at Wimbotsham and then a function at Upwell. This was a very busy weekend for us, and we done well promoting our cause, and everyone we spoke to was happy to get behind us and supported our ideas.

Some photos are shown below

You may be able to see, we have been taking delivery of our new merchandise, with our new logo. The second photo shows the old banner which will soon be replaced. We also took deliever of a large amount of Railway Overalls and Hi-Vis jackets, etc, for our team of trackworkers, which has involved a lot of sorting out.

On Saturday, August 22nd, we attended the Needham Market Model Railway Exhibition in Suffolk, some distance from our patch, but we had a lot of interest and sold a number of items. A grand total for all this will appear soon.

Looking forward, the next Meeting will be held in March on Thursday night and all are welcome to attend. A new website is being developed and we are hoping it will be live very soon.

Busy Weekend for the Roadshow...

The 'Roadshow' will be at Fincham Fete on Friday 7th, being held in the Village Hall from 11 - 2.30. Fincham is on the A1122 between Downham Market and Swaffham. This is a Charity Function for people with learning difficulties and/or physical disabilities.

On Saturday 8th, Wimbotsham & Stow Village Hall, Low Road, Wimbotsham, Kings Lynn and just off A10 between Kings Lynn and Downham Market, where Wisbech Model Railway Club have been asked to hold a Mini-Model Railway Exhibition in aid of Village Hall Funds. There will be three layouts of diffent sizes, two in 'OO' and one in 'O' Gauge, with entry at £2 per Adult and £1 per child, starting 10.30 - 4.pm.. Light refreshments available.

On Sunday 9th, Upwell Fayre on the village playing field. Gate opens at 11.30 and officially opened by the Mayor at 12.30. For those with sat-nav and in need of finding it, the postcode is PE14 9AB.

Ant colony on the move between Elm Road and Whitemoor...

This Sunday, the track clearing carried on where we left off last week. A fair bit was done in the morning by Brain and Kevin moving from Whitemoor towards Elm Road Crossing. The idea is, every week we start at the far south of the line and work our way towards Wisbech. By doing this every week, we can keep on top of the weeds as they begin to grow, then we do not end up having to go over old ground in mass vegetation clearances.

As you can see from last weeks photos, we continue to move towards the overgrown bit further up towards Elm Road.

During the lunch break, our chairman nearly jumped out his skin, when this little fella appeared from out the undergrowth. It is infact a tree stump, cut during an earlier clearance, which looks like a turtles head from the right angle. We did suggest maybe he should have gone to specsavers...

Then our vice chairman and Derek decided to upset a number of ant conolnies which had set up home under the grass and weeds along the line from Elm Road towards where the others are working.

When we said we would start at Whitmoor and work towards Wisbech, the Chairman took off to Wisbech down the line! We are actually moving back to the Crossing to do a quick job there.

A quick check to see how the fence is, and putting up a poster on the fence to let people know the crossing was improved by volunteer members of the Bramley Line.

There is never enough Staples to go round when you want them!. The gang are back out next Sunday from 9.30am again. If you want to get involved, let us know, e-mail bramley_line@yahoo.com.

ROADSHOWS are out the week, details to follow shortly...