Serious efforts at Wenhaston in the last week before the nesting season stops tree work have resulted in the Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers achieving what we set out to do – when we started onsite in October 2013. With the exception
We did it!
Dead trees, ivy and chainage
On Saturday 22nd February, three volunteers worked in glorious weather on the trackbed and the station site. John, Southwold’s Town Crier, carried on with raking the twigs and general rubbish off the trackbed. Toby and James tackled the (rather daunting)
A Really Beautiful Day at Wenhaston
After a cancellation yesterday, because of very strong winds, six Trust volunteers had a very good day in the sunshine, on the Wenhaston site on Sunday Feb. 16th. We managed to complete most of the remaining dead tree work (where
The Trust Continues to Press the District Council
While the Trust awaits the long-expected decision of Suffolk Coastal District Council on our Wenhaston Station planning application (which has now been running for almost ten months), we have put in a very small additional application for some basic facilities
A Landmark Day for Coach 7
On Wednesday February 5th, after a great deal of preparation, we lifted Coach 7 off its blocks, and lowered it onto a panel of Southwold Railway rails. That sounds quite simple, doesn’t it? But it wasn’t, very. Bernie brought his
Good Progress on Coach and Van
Southwold Railway (replica) van 40 took a giant step forward on 1st February. The special-cut hardwood (sapele mahogany in this case) for the solebars and plates has been delivered, and we immediately started rebating the solebars (each is 10 feet
Making our Land Safe
On Wednesday January 29th, the volunteer team spent the morning at the station site. Here, the last remnants of the large tree which came down in the St Jude’s storm were cleared away. The pond margin at the western end
Heavy Rain stops Play
Today, Wednesday January 15th, for the first time this winter, the Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers were rained off. It must have been something we blogged. However, we used the time profitably in our Southwold workshop. Marker posts for onsite chainage
A Landmark – in Every Sense!
Another unscheduled work weekend at Wenhaston – because the weather was so unseasonably warm and sunny (and anyway we don’t really need a reason) – saw such a strong push along the trackbed eastwards that, at the end of Sunday
First Step towards Restoration
The three cylinder Deutz diesel engine on the Trust’s (loaned) Motor Rail locomotive No. 5 was tried today – and it fired! We didn’t run it, as the controls are seized, and there wouldn’t have been an easy way