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Recent content by StuBeeDoo

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    Leamside line exploring?

    I have recently completed the walk south from Victoria Viaduct to Tursdale. Starting with a scramble up the embankment from the footpath along the River Wear, the walk was straightforward as far as the bridge at Broomside Lane/Pittington Lane on the outskirts of Durham. Beneath the bridge...
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    Leamside line exploring?

    I have walked the Washington section today, although I went the opposite way to that which I mentioned ^^^ above. I first got on to the trackbed about 400mtrs north of Victoria Viaduct, near the junction of the former Stanhope & Tyne Railway (now the Consett & Sunderland Railway Path). At the...
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    Leamside line exploring?

    Good evening. I have just signed-up to the forum. I have a plan to start exploring my local disused lines now that I am retired. One of the first of my local lines I plan to explore is the Leamside line. Does anyone have any further updates on the current state of access to the line? I'm...

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