Saturday 20th December 2025

We had a team of 5 today continuing at Townsend's.  Dave Brown was on chain saw duty and was accompanied by Chris cutting down the trees  on the embankment.  Robert and Alex were disposing of the debris on a bonfire . This worked well and by the end of shift about another 30 metres of bank had been cleared so we are gradually now about half way down Mrs Townsend's drive .There are a stack of logs that can be taken by anyone wanting them .They are mainly hawthorn. 

We will not be working next week (27th December) and hope to resume on Sat. 3rd January when we can expect trains running again on a purple timetable .

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