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.