I was idly leafing through our local free paper, The Forest of Dean & Wye Valley Review earlier today, when an article about the local steam railway caught my eye. It reported that at 11.05 am next Wednesday 18 February, (courtesy of the Dean Forest Railway) the first train of the season will leave Parkend [...]
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Steam Engine leaves Parkend 18 February – All Aboard
Posted in Dean Forest Railway, Newland, Railways in the Forest of Dean, Uncategorized, tagged Steam Railway on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Newland Under Snow and a Fantastic Walk
Posted in Archaeology, Newland, Public Houses, Uncategorized, Walking, tagged Archeaology, Iron Age Fort, King Arthur's Cave, public houses in Forest of Dean, Steam Railway, The Biblins, The Ostrich Inn, Walking on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well – what a week. The postman staggered up yesterday for the first time in six or seven days with a pile of post, including details of an appointment which had already been missed. However, the conditions did give us the opportunity to do a fantastic walk on Saturday. A group of us in the village are [...]



