Our “holiday” at Bird’s Folly (courtesy of the Halesworth Millennium Green) has been blessed by good weather, and, as always in Halesworth, by positive comments from passers-by. The main team, led by Trust stalwart John B, has completed the complex
Trust volunteers have been very active over the last week or so. While at the workshop Wagon 41‘s underframe approaches completion, the temporary demonstration track on the trackbed continues to be improved, while the Blyth Valley Light Railway’s 7¼” track
This month Trust volunteers are spending time at the Halesworth Millennium Green, working with the Green further to improve the presentation of the Southwold railway artefacts on the trackbed at Bird’s Folly. At the locomotive shed site, after strimming the
High summer in the Blyth Valley saw continuing large teams working for the Trust – plus some new volunteers. The weather has been very kind indeed, if a little too hot and muggy. At Blyford Lane, on the Wenhaston station
On Saturday May 7th, Trust volunteers helped the Wenhaston Community Café celebrate its first anniversary – there was birthday cake, and general jollity. We are pleased to have been able to contribute to the success of this venture. Over the
The team suffered a ridiculously-wet Wednesday at the Folly loco shed site, but still managed to get some more work done. Both the heavy concrete bases which used to support the pump platform timbers (and had been rescued from within
On Saturday August 22nd, and Sunday 23rd, Trust volunteers spent some more time at Halesworth Bird’s Folly (courtesy of the Millennium Green Trustees), enjoying a third day of work on the locomotive shed area. After digging out the inspection and
Thanks to an invitation from the Halesworth Millennium Green Trustees, the Wenhaston volunteers took a day off to tackle another trackbed section – and a very interesting one it turned out to be. Among the SR artefacts on the Green