{"id":8099,"date":"2024-07-31T12:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=8099"},"modified":"2024-08-08T10:10:41","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T09:10:41","slug":"xxx-abbotsbury-branch-weymouth-and-castle-cary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/xxx-abbotsbury-branch-weymouth-and-castle-cary\/","title":{"rendered":"105 Abbotsbury Branch, Weymouth and Castle Cary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The scout needed his lights as he rode towards St. David’s for the 0510 to Waterloo, as the day was a bit shorter than on previous early starts, but still comfortably warm.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Yeovil Junction, he found the buffet would not open until 0730 and so, after a quick exchange with the Guard about a trespasser on the line at Crewkerne, he headed for what had been the Co-op filling station and was now an Asda. He carried his three pound cup of coffee and bacon and egg sandwich back to Pen Mill, past the derelict factory of Pittards, the world famous, 197-year old glovemakers, which closed down in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yeovil Pen Mill<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was surprised to find a “Southern” train in Platform One and he asked the Guard if it had come from the Junction. It had not; it had come from Salisbury, via Westbury. It left for Waterloo at 0658 and shortly another train did<\/em> arrive empty stock from Junction, this one to make the 0711 to Waterloo, via Junction. The trains combined at Sarum. The workings help to maintain crews’ route knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n