Spring shadows on Wykeham Lane

The small bridge carries the lane over the path of the now disused 16 mile long branch of the North Eastern Railway between Seamer (near Scarborough, North Yorkshire) and Pickering. The line was called the 'Forge Valley Line', although it never passed through Forge Valley, was intended to link Scarborough with Pickering. It opened in 1882 and closed in 1950, with the exception of a stretch from Pickering to Thornton Dale which remained open for quarry traffic until 1963.