This is a blog for work being carried out by the Wednesday and Saturday teams working on Lineside clearance for the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway.
Site reports and pictures will be posted as they become available (normally twice a week).
Saturday 15th August 2026 - no work
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There were a couple of urgent jobs required but not enough people available.
I arrived on site at 8.55am followed by Lawrence and Dick and they moved a pile of logs about 60 metres from our proposed area of work for the day .While they were doing this I did a check to see what birdlife was about . There was a solitary robin pecking about on the ground and a flight of geese overhead but no signs of any nesting taking place so at approximately 9.30 after the rest of the team arrived we started work in the designated area. There were 7 of us today and we partially cleared the area South of the area we cleared last week. Lawrence dismantled the hawthorn over the culvert while the rest of the team did more clearance a safe distance away. A fire was lit to initially burn what was left last week and this was continually added to during the day The area was thinned out to make the bank easier to inspect and some material was left on the ground read for disposing of nex...
A warm and humid day for the team of 7 and to maximise working time it was agreed to split into two teams and head off in opposite directions. Team 1, Paul, Lawrence and Dave, headed off to Hayles Abbey Halt to cut the grass from the road entrance all the way behind and past the northern end of the platform. The arisings were raked and neatly stacked off the end of the platform on the embankment. The Malvern side looked lush with an abundance of wild flowers, which have been left ahead of a single cut later in the year. I was told they were treated to a fly past from two spitfires during the morning, it is nice to see the team being so valued they get their own flypasts! Before After Team 2; Alex, Rachael and Nick, and I headed to Gotherington south of the signal box, to carefully clear a perimeter around two sites of Japanese Knotweed and but temporary fencing in place. This is a head of treatment, of the knotweed by a specialist contractor, start...
It was warm today, very warm. So grateful for a quick easy job to finish clearing brambles with the goods train out the way. Great to see so many people at the railway and so many of the team in different roles. I didn't take too many pictures today. Graham
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