Wenford Dries, Cornwall, Oct 2010

Wenford Dries, Cornwall, October 2010

Visited as part of the cornwall meet, so thanks to Dangerous Dave & DJ Flava for the day out.
Wiki says: English China Clays Lovering Pochin had six clay dries at Wenford served by a pipe delivering clay slurry from Stannon Moor over four miles distant. Initially there was a loop serving dries 1 and 2, with a line extending back then diverging to give access to dries 3 to 6 which were set back further from the main running line. The first part of the loop and associated access was removed around 1920. Traffic to the dries was coal (inward) and china clay; high quality bagged clay in vans and lower quality in sheeted open wagons called clay hoods. After the closure of Wenfordbridge in 1971 the line ended just beyond the clay dries, 11 miles and 71 chains from Wadebridge. The line closed completely on 3 October 1983.
Here are a few pictures in no particular order.

Nice - that old shoe is pretty ancient I would say. I see the site has ended up with the enivtable tyre dumpimg problem. Everywhere you go - dumped tyres. Odd thing when I have my tyres changed I pay a fee for environmental disposal so why so many dumped all over the countryside

hydealfred said:

Nice - that old shoe is pretty ancient I would say. I see the site has ended up with the enivtable tyre dumpimg problem. Everywhere you go - dumped tyres. Odd thing when I have my tyres changed I pay a fee for environmental disposal so why so many dumped all over the countryside

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That shoe was pretty ancient and damn heavy i wouldn't want to wear a pair of them, it had steel horse shoes at the bottom across the toe area and heel, i have a shot of it but its a bit blurry

Interesting explore. Love those chimneys and the other goodly remains. Neat stuff.

Great shots! It was a good day out even though we all got lost for a an hour or so,all part of the fun.Nice meeting you boys from up the road.