On 14 Jul, walsby <walsby@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > And when you arrived at Yatton there were 2 connections available : one > eastwards along the southern part of the Mendips, and the other > westwards to Clevedon where you arrived at a delightful station close > to the Triangle. Fond memories ! A bit later than Josephine's > account, though. Well, I couldn't resist looking to see what the railway journey along the Mendips would have been like around 1902. I've discovered maps of the locality, in various books, which I didn't know I had! Early 20th-century travellers taking the Wells line from Yatton would see, a little further on, the spire of Congresbury Church. The 'hog's back' of the Mendip Hills became prominent as Sandford and Banwell were approached. Banwell Church tower was on the right with Banwell Tower, erected by the late Bishop of Bath and Wells, above it. From Winscombe, there would be, on the right front, Wavering Down at 690 ft. and Crook Peak at 628 ft. Travellers to Axbridge would find a town with a winding street, which boasted of 'two banks, a market-day and a Guild Hall'. Approaching Cheddar station, travellers would see nothing to show that the place was any more than a 'well-to-do, comfortable village', the famous cliffs being some distance away from the station. The best view of these cliffs, from the railway, could be obtained just beyond the station. Between Cheddar and Wells, the railway and road ran side by side under the Mendip Hills passing Draycott, Rodney Stoke and Westbury. The station for the latter was called Lodge Hill. The next station was Wookey Station, serving the village of Wookey, a mile west of the railway, and the famous Wookey Hole a mile to the north of the station. A run of one and a half miles from Wookey brought railway passengers to Wells, where the most striking tower on the approach to the city was that of St. Cuthbert's. Josephine -- Josephine's Books, Ian's Pages, The Clutton 'Do' and the Glamorganshire Canal. http://www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com