File talk:2009-08-15 50 -1 Macronencer 05.jpg

I can't help but this looks to me like a converted former railway line. Can that be true? Here is an old railway map of the island. If the full network still was in operation, you could have gone almost to the hash by train... --Ekorren 23:30, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

I would say with confidence that you are right. Many cycle paths in the UK are on abandoned railway tracks. Lots of people think it is a great loss that so many railways closed in the 1960s, but at least the cyclists benefit now. Thanks for posting the map - I think the section I was using would have been the Isle of Wight Central line between Whippingham and Wootton. --macronencer 23:37, 16 August 2009 (UTC)