{"id":6699,"date":"2016-10-21T10:35:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=6699"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:47:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T12:47:40","slug":"somerset-dorset-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/somerset-dorset-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Somerset & Dorset 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout rode south from Templecombe in August, 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The station was reopened in 1983 and the box doubled as a ticket office. The Up platform was only accessible by using the footbridge and so later, after the box was closed, the Down platform was extended out to the single line and a new building was erected.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Gartell Light Railway occupies part of the course of the S. & D. between Templecombe and Henstridge. Here its Park Lane terminus is seen from the former level crossing in 2014. The scout had had the privilege of joining a P.W.I. group visit to the light railway.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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On a ride in 2014, the scout snapped this at the former Marsh Lane level crossing at Henstridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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The former level crossing on Station Road, Stalbridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At Sturminster Newton, both Station Road and Bath Road overbridges have gone. The scout is standing where Station Road once was. Beyond the commemorative gates, the cutting has been infilled.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Only the goods shed remains at Sturminster Newton. The station building lay to the left.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After a proper breakfast in “Stur,” the scout rode along the course of the line, crossing the River Stour on the way to Shillingstone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The trail leaves the railway formation on the approach to Stourpaine and this is the view from the village on the way to rejoining the line just beyond the underbridge at the former Stourpaine & Durweston Halt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n