Work in Progress - Sunday 25th January

A very successful weekend with considerable work undertaken on the L&B Railway both at Woody Bay and down the trackbed at Parracombe. Teams of volunteers from the Isle of Wight, Talyllyn Railway and a few Devon and Dorset based volunteers completed all the rail relaying through the platforms on the Friday - and ahead of schedule.

We then continued the tree clearance on our trackbed land in the cutting between Parracombe Lane and Cricket Field Lane started last November.
 
Photos from Nigel Thompson 

  Woody Bay

1. A quiet moment at Woody Bay Station with newly relaid 30 foot rails.

2. Looking back towards Lynton with the new rails.
 

Parracombe - Cricket Field lane 

 
3.  Digging a drainage ditch alongside the cleared trackbed at Cricket Field Lane.

4.  In the flooded cutting trees are felled ready to feed the bonfires.

5. Looking through the cutting's bonfires from the filled in section towards Parracombe.

6. Dave Tooke and others enjoy the afternoon tea-break with the cleared cutting behind.

7. The whole cleared cutting viewed from the fence line at Cricket Field Lane (with original railway track screw on fence post.)

8. Close up of original railway track screw found in the trackbed at Cricket Field Lane.

Thanks go to Dave and Nigel for providing photos of this weekends activities, to Teresa for feeding the hordes at Woody Bay, and to all the volunteers - including those who travelled considerable distances, such as from the Tallylyn and the Isle of Wight railways - who have contributed to the tremendous effort and achievements in support of the L&B. 

Another working weekend is planned for February.  If you would like to join in the activities, please contact the L&B at Woody Bay, or via this website.