Wenhaston Station Project

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

At the point in the Wenhaston trackbed currently cleared by the Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers, there is the remains of a typical SR accommodation crossing. Amazingly, after such long disuse, the gate on the north side (towards the river pastures) could

As the weather forecast was so good, we decided to fit in an extra workday at Wenhaston on December 29th. Five volunteers cleared most of another chain of trackbed, also spending some time clearing up the new havoc created by

On a very well-attended Wenhaston workday on Wednesday 18th December we forced our way – with great difficulty – through incredible tangles of dead elm, ivy and brambles, to reach a point three fifths of the way along the wooded

Another fine day at Wenhaston (we’ve been very lucky so far this winter – or perhaps I shouldn’t have said that), and our largest team – so far – of 10 volunteers cleared a horrible and intimidating tangle of bramble

The Wenhaston Environmental Volunteers have continued to clear the original trackbed on Trust land.  Brambles, both alive and dead, nettles, and scrub dead saplings (mainly elm) are being removed, initially to provide a path for members’ access and accurate survey. By

The first Wenhaston working day was on Sunday 27th October 2013.  There were seven volunteers onsite.  We were very lucky with the weather, which was sunny, though wet underfoot. Clearance was started along the top of the old trackbed embankment (for

Sorry the Blog has been rather static of late, but I’ve just been waiting for news of the planning application, which should have been decided by mid July. Needless to say, it was first put back to mid-August and then