Just to complete the picture, I ventured out along the footpath beside the Cambridge branch. The permanent way trains had gone and service trains were operating again. I walked as far as the new fence blocking the public footpath. No signs of explanation, just blocked off.
I took this just after clearing the factories and shows the stripped ground where the embankment will be constructed. The water tanker can be seen in a number of previous pictures.
The start of the building of the occupation bridge. This is extent of the topsoil removal. In the background you can see the test boring on Wilbury Hill. The Icknield Way is the hedge line just below it.
New bridge from another angle. Chalk is being piled up here already. Although you can't see it, a medium voltage cable has been buried since my last visit. The pylon is just right of centre and the next one is immediately to my left.
Finally the point where the two embankments will meet. Nothing has changed here and the original blue pegs marking the centre line of the new embankment are still in place.
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