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
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