On Monday 28th November 2013, we woke up to find a slight setback in the garden railway development. A large pine
tree has shed its upper half onto our 200 year old wall and part of the garden.
An apple tree had disappeared completely, but we hoped that the railway might just have been
protected by the wall.
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| Looking down the bank towards the fallen tree. |
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| Looking up the bank towards the fallen tree. |
The fallen tree was removed on the following Friday morning. I have to say that the team from
Elmbridge council did a splendid job, and were careful to avoid any further
damage to the wall or the railway.
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| The tree being cut up and removed |
Within an hour of the team arriving to cut up and remove the tree, I had the
first train running. The kink in the foreground of the picture was the only
obvious damage to the railway. The wall wasn't so lucky.....
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| The first train after removal of the tree. |
