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• Issued by West Somerset Steam Railway Trust...
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Keen walkers and railway enthusiasts will literally be able to get their fitness training "On Track" later this year when the West Somerset Railway holds a 10-mile sponsored walk from Williton to Minehead along the route of the popular heritage railway on Sunday 16th November 2008.
And it'll be a sponsored walk with a difference as this part of the line enjoys some fine coastal views, giving people the rare opportunity to safely walk on the railway lines when there are no trains running.
The walk aims to raise money in aid of the West Somerset Steam Railway Trust's (WSSRT) ambitious Heritage Carriages Project which is seeking to restore recreate a fleet of 1920's and 1930's vintage GWR coaches for use on the line.
Special arrangements have been made to get people to the start of the walk with a diesel train picking people up from Minehead at 9.00am,calling at all stations to Williton, before going straight on to Bishops Lydeard to collect walkers from the line's Southern terminus and departing at 10.30 am and then calling at all stations to Williton.
After a complementary hot drink at Minehead station's Brunel Buffet at the end of the day, the train will then collect all the walkers from Minehead and return them to their starting station on the line.
Participants need to be relatively fit and come equipped with walking boots or strong shoes and be over 12 years of age. Walkers aged under 16 will need to be accompanied by an adult.
Mike Webber, a fitness instructor and personal trainer, who is organising the event comments: "The walk promises to be not only a great fun day out but also a brilliant way to keep fit and burn off some of those calories as well as raising money for a worthy cause to make the West Somerset Railway even better.
"We need at least fifty or sixty people to come forward to make the walk worthwhile and it will be a challenging, strenuous walk in places over the track, all of which adds to the fun of course."
Anyone who is interested in going on the walk on Sunday 18 November should send a cheque for £5.00 to cover operating expenses made payable to the 'West Somerset Steam Railway Trust' to: Mike Webber at 21 Underhill Road, Charfield, Wotton-Under Edge, GL12 8TQ.
Walkers should also enclose a stamped addressed envelope and a note of which station they are starting from in order to receive the official WSSRT sponsorship forms.
Further details of the WSSRT's Heritage Carriages project, including plans and drawings for a new museum and carriage shed at Bishops Lydeard, can be seen at the West Somerset Steam Railway Trust's website at www.wssrt.co.uk.
WSSRT
2 June 2008
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This page is not from the official West Somerset Railway website
© Stephen Edge
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