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100 years ago there was a railway from the river Ouse to the army base for supplies. 20 years ago they uncovered the rails when building Millenium Bridge. 20 years of flooding had covered up the rails again with 30cm of hard packed mud until the Friends of New Walk called in GG for some enthusiastic but unskilled labour.

We were on the first team which meant we could make as much mess as we liked, safe in the knowledge that team 2 would get the blame if it was left looking ugly. The shoveling was so enthusiastic that the wheelbarrows were filled as quickly as they could be emptied. 45 minutes later then length of exposed rails had gone from 5 m to 15 m, and plans were made to drink beer while heckling team 2. The beauty of a task like this is next time it floods we can do it all over again.