Nearly every time the scout crosses the river, he glances up at the lonely oak that stands apart from Scanniclift Copse. It had been many years since he had looked down on the station from there and so he determined to make the climb once more.
In the early 1980s, the copse was bequeathed to Devon Wildlife Trust in the will of Lady Gifford Scott, who lived at Leigh Peverell. She had also owned the station and over three quarters of a mile of track which B.R. had sold in 1963 for £3,000.
At the highest point of the path, the scout scrambled up the vertiginous slope and naughtily ventured into neighbouring Woodah Farm, which more recently was also gifted to the wildlife trust.
Christow Bridge, from where the opening shot was taken, can just be discerned. +
The railway bridge and its approach embankments were built alongside the original road, the course of which is still there today. These works had been finished in 1896, seven years before the railway opened.
The original Teign Valley Railway had terminated at Teignhouse Siding, just short of the road.
The Teign House meadow had yet to be bisected by the new road leading to the station and Sheldon Lane is not yet made.
The notice board at bottom right, just above where the track to Scanniclift commences, has no explanation. +
