{"id":6442,"date":"2017-01-29T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-29T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2024-01-02T16:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T16:53:14","slug":"castle-cary-to-westbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/castle-cary-to-westbury\/","title":{"rendered":"Castle Cary to Westbury"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

To complete the scout’s route knowledge from Bruton to Westbury, on 28th June, 2017, he rode out from Castle Cary. Thundery showers were forecast but the rain held off and the sun shone for a bit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruton<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The scout called at Bruton, where a light Class 66 ran through on the Up.
An office building, styled as a signal box, had recently been built in the former goods yard, nearly opposite where Bruton Box had stood.
It includes that most useful feature: a clock that can be seen from a distance. At most large stations, a two-faced slave clock was nearly always within sight.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brewham Road was closed to traffic and this was blissful for the lone cyclist. When the scout reached the blockade, it was contractors working on a railway bridge and they let him through.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The scout remembered seeing the crossing keeper’s hut at Sheephouse Crossing<\/strong> from the train, distinctive because its nameplate was longer than the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a Down train hit some cows here in early 1970s, a track was made from Sheephouse Farm to the bridge over the River Brue and the crossing was extinguished. There was also a pedestrian right of way, so strictly speaking it was a public crossing. The path was also diverted beneath the railway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n