Norman took the following pictures of yesterday's outside work alongside the cattle pens. There was much vegetation to be removed and the area tidied up as part of the campaign to improve the lineside.
We start looking along the loop towards Oswestry station with the vegetation covering the walls.
Noel directs and offers friendly advice on which bits need to be removed. The volunteers offer friendly advice back to Noel.
The team soon get stuck in to removing the growth and making sure that the greenery stays in check. It's an ongoing process which needs to be repeated annually in order to avoid an overgrown lineside.
After a severe haircut with a chainsaw the team tidy up the debris.
Thanks to all of the volunteers who turned up and to Norman K for the pictures.
Before we go a quick reminder about the Halloween trains running on the 26th October. Bookings are now be taken on the website.
If you can come along and take a ride. You might even have a surprise or two on your journey.
Until next time.
Ha ha, "The volunteers offered friendly advice back to Noel". I'm still laughing! I'm loving following the progress of this major task and looking forward to catching the train from Gobowen to town and beyond some day!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to have injected a smile into the world! It's all good fun and the objective is to enjoy it. Tea drinking and cake eating skills get honed to perfection. We also have volunteers socials after a day's work every so often.
ReplyDeleteKeep watching as we go forward. Gobowen is a while away yet but we'll get there one day.