This view shows us working on the south side at Far Stanley with a good turnout of helpers but difficult and variable wind. Photo: Chris Howl.  


Here we can see the progress on the southern side of Far Stanley Bridge with a photo taken midway through November 2009. Photo: Chris Howl.  

The slightly larger team have been tackling an overgrown wilderness this month and trying to return it to a normal railway embankment.

These months have seen more difficult weather conditions with especially wet and windy days.

This involved removal of some fairly dense blackthorn bushes and an awful lot of brambles.

We cleared the fence line, but this was made more difficult because of double fence of wood and wires separated by a small gap.

It was intended to do this lower area with the machine but there are still difficulties with the fitting of the replacement tracks and modifying the 40 cleats that are fitted to the tracks to provide the grip on the steep banks. It is hoped to have the machine operational again in December.

Finally the Far Stanley Bridge was reached and clearing around the fences takes quite a long time and is very fiddly work but always looks very nice when finished.

The team have now moved to a new work place at Bishops Cleeve adjacent to the caravan park on the north east side of Station Road. This location has a great advantage of being adjacent to a suitable parking place with only a short walk to the work area.

The team meet every Saturday from 9.30am, throughout the year.