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Following on from the excellent work recently completed at the Calvert Trust at Wistlandpound, John Rice, Martyn Budd and members of the Wednesday and Thursday Gangs comprising Martyn, 2xSteve’s, Dave, Nick, Keith and Anne went to Bridwick Farm where they focused their attention on more drainage and culvert clearance work.

This news report was updated on July 3rd. For more photos taken at the work site Click HERE.

Clearance work at Wistlandpound carried out during September 2019 revealed that the cause of the wet area in the adjacent field occupied by the Calvert Trust was the inlet to the 18inch culvert under the railway embankment was buried and thus blocked. This was resulting in flooding of the field with the water percolating through the embankment over a 50m length.

The latest L&BRT 100 Club winners have been announced:
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In 2015, the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway and Walhalla Goldfields Railway (WGR) in Victoria, Australia entered into a twinning agreement. Last week on the 10th June, WGR suffered considerable damage by a severe rain storm and high winds.