Meon Valley Railway Restoration

Noooo I mean the high peaks of mountains, there seems to be some confusion in Hampshire, they keep referring to grassy knolls as Alps!

 

We likes our Alps! M4M is the highest station in Southern England. Says so on MHR website so must be true.

I think the debate about Meon Valley was less about the tree clearance than the new surface, a case of going from the sublime (claggy muddy footpth) to the ridiculous (road-like track) As I said, I haven't ridden or walked the path recently, so am only going on what has been in the local paper. I might venture down to Droxford when I have sme spare time and have a look myself. Having recently seen the primroses, cowslips, spurge and even sedums bloom on the Mid-Hants embankments where thickets of elder, field maple and dogwood have been cut back, I am one for keeping shrubs under control before they all become trees.

 

Quod erat demonstrandum, then!

 

Have a read of "The Making of the English Landscape" by WG Hoskins. Slightly dated now, but a real eye-opener in terms of understanding the complex overlay of events that have resulted in what we think of as "pristine" countryside!

Tom