Work in Progress - Thursday 11th December

posted by Martyn de Young on Thu, 11/12/2008 - 23:06

Tidying Woody Bay Woodland and Completing Toilet Fencing.

The woodland area just down from Woody Bay Station is gradually being cleared and tidied by volunteers in the Thursday Group. This area, some 1.6 acres, has been rented from Moorlands since 2007 and will eventually form an attraction including a childrens play area and woodland walk with access from the Barnstaple end of the down platform.

So far several walkways have been created and many fallen trees have been sawn up and removed freeing up space in the woodland. Any trees felled within the woodland have been so under the full permission and guidance from Exmoor National Park.

1. Richard Drewer with the bush cutter/strimmer in the woodland area

2. The cleared and tidy woodland below the down platform looking up to the station

3. Richard Drewer after strimming in the woodland with marked paths visible

The other volunteers on site today completed installing the fence to the path leading to the toilet block. After digging holes for the old rail-built posts, the remaining timber fence was fixed in place around a corner to meet the building. As well as keeping visitors to the toilets safely away from any train movements in the loading dock, the fenced area also creates an ideal photographers' viewpoint to observe the trains as they return uphill into Woody Bay Station.