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      Thank you Brook Food Processing Equipment!!!

     

    Throughout Brook Food Processing Equipment’s Silver Anniversary year, the company have been choosing different charities on a monthly basis to make a donation to , £25 for every customer order valued at £1000 or more. July saw the Williton based company’s donations so far soar to over £11k.

    Raising £1475 throughout July, Ann Wells was delighted to present a cheque to The Steam Coast Trail on behalf of Brook Food Processing Equipment, The Steam Coast Trail is an ongoing project to build a breath taking network of multi-user paths around West Somerset. It weaves walkers, cyclists, runners and wheelchairs through glorious contryside! The benefits of the Steam Coast Trail to the local community include road safety, sustainable transport, health benefits, accessibility, and economic benefits from attracted tourism. Brook Food have recently signed up a large number of their team on the Cycle to work scheme and as such the team are making full use of the pathways on their journeys to work. The steam trains run from Minehead to Bishops Lydeard so many of the team join the steam trail route from Minehead and even as far as Allerford, and enjoy the scenery and healthier commute to Williton.

    Presenting the cheque to Sarah Ellwood and Harry Singer from the Steam Coast Trail on Thursday 8th August, coinciding with National Cycle to Work Day! Ann said “The Steam coast trail is enjoyed by many of us at Brook, not only is it used by many for the commute to work but also at the weekends with our families, the initiative to improve the facilities along the coastline in our area is admirable and appreciated by many. If with this donation we can help the cause and the organisers increase or improve the trail in some way then we would be delighted ”

    Upon receiving the cheque Sarah told us 'This kind donation from Brook Food Processing Equipment will help us to complete our ultimate aim of linking Minehead to Williton with accessible paths for cyclists, walkers, runners and people with limited mobility. I've been working well with the Blue Anchor Chalet Owners Association to find a way to provide the community with an accessible path that will link the existing Steam Coast Trail path from Dunster Beach all the way to Blue Anchor whilst respecting the privacy of the chalets too. Things are going really well so Brook Food Processing Equipment has helped us to get a little bit closer to this exciting development!' 

    With Harry adding 'Our thanks goes out to the wonderful fundraising efforts of Brook Foods. Along with many progressive businesses in the area, it's great they're really supporting and valuing the benefits of the Steam Coast Trail. It's fantastic to hear that some of their staff are now commuting to work on a regular basis!'

    Pictured are a selection of the Brook Food team ( and Rocco) with Harry Singer and Sarah Ellwood from Steam Coast Trail

    Phase Two complete!

    November 7, 2018

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    Sarah Ellwood

    Shiny Happy People! The opening celebrations of the Phase Two trail behind Washford Station brought brilliant sunshine and hundreds of wonderful locals on their bikes, skates, mobility scooters showing their support. Styles Ice Cream sold a shed load of ice creams from their ice cream bike, Country Grill helped keep everyone well fed with cakes, burgers and cups of tea and Andy from Minehead EYE put on brilliant games of scooter limbo a...

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    Storm Clean-Up Efforts

    January 12, 2018

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    Harry Singer

    Storm Eleanor's swell and high tides threw a lot of mud, shingle and water onto the Steam Coast Trail last week. #holyshingle

    Fortunately, the power of the storm was no match for the power of the community that rallied together to clear it all up in no time!

    Expecting inundation like this a few times per year, the Steam Coast Trail have a restoration budget for cleanup and surface repair. Thankfully the restoration fund stands to last a v...

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    Storm Debris Clean-up Call

    January 5, 2018

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    Harry Singer

    Volunteers are assembling at 10am on Saturday 6th January to clear mud, rubbish and stones. If you would like to help, please bring your own bin bags / gloves / shovels. Limited free parking at Blue Anchor for access to the Steam Coast Trail along the shingle bank. Parking at Dunster Beach is FREE for the weekend thanks to Dunster Beach Holidays.

    Thanks very much to everybody who's offered to volunteer so far.

    Thanks very much to the West...

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    Opening Celebrations!

    December 30, 2016

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    Harry Singer & Briony Turner

    Thank you very much for joining us for the 'Grand Opening' of Phase One of the Steam Coast Trail! It was a beautiful morning, and really was the perfect opportunity for a post-Christmas ramble and to test all the new Christmas toys!

    You can see the full collection of photos on facebook here! Please message us if you have any photos you'd like to add to this collection. Also let us know your thoughts and feedback on how you found the trai...

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    The Steam Coast Trail is OPEN!!!!!

    December 23, 2016

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    Briony Turner & Harry Singer

    If you’ve walked between Dunster Beach and Blue Anchor recently you would have noticed the first section of the ‘Steam Coast Trail’ being developed at an impressive rate. In fact, it’s been completed ahead of schedule, and will be open to the public over the festive period! To celebrate, please join the Steam Coast Trail team at Dunster Beach at 10am on the 27th December. Everybody is welcome to join us on foot…. or bike, or skates or s...

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    Headlines Generate Healthy Discussion

    February 19, 2015

     

    Thanks very much to Keith Hunt from Old Cleeve, and to BR Stephens in Blue Anchor who have both written some thought provoking letters to the West Somerset Free Press of late in response to our front-page article on January 29th. Keith Hunt, one of many supporters of the Steam Coast Trail, quite rightly comments (Free Press, 13th Feb, above) on the danger of cycling on Eastbury Hill (the B3191 between Blue Anchor and Carhampton) and th...

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    Calculating Job Creation & Economic Benefit

    January 29, 2015

     

    A little bit worried about the potential for backlash of this Gazette statement, we thought we'd pop a quick note up about the Steam Coast Trail's estimations for job creation and economic benefit.

     

    The first thing to note is that the CCF funding of £637k will not create 140 posts. This figure relates to the wider Steam Coast Trail project, the calculations for which are below.

     

    The Steam Coast Trail will create both direct and indirect...

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    WOW! Front page Gazette!

    January 29, 2015

    A PROJECT that will, in time, create 140 jobs in West Somerset (see justification here) has landed over £637,000 from the Government...

     

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    CELEBRATIONS!!! The Steam Coast Trail wins £637,050 from the Coastal Community Fund!

    January 26, 2015

     

    In fact, it's been a record funding week for half a dozen projects across the South West to benefit from £36 million Government investment to boost jobs and growth in coastal communities.

     

    The Steam Coast Trail is the vision for a breathtaking network of multi-user paths around West Somerset. It will weave walkers, cyclists, runners and wheelchair users through 36km of glorious countryside and in and out of picturesque heritage towns an...

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    A39 Cycle Path Not a Viable Alternative

    March 7, 2014

    Letters published in the Free Press on Friday 7th March that hopefully go a long way to anwer M Passmore's concerns (see previous post: Cyclists Help Themselves!). Len Gurnett adding a great comment about the Olympics!

     

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    Phase Two complete!

    November 7, 2018

    Storm Clean-Up Efforts

    January 12, 2018

    Storm Debris Clean-up Call

    January 5, 2018

    Opening Celebrations!

    December 30, 2016

    The Steam Coast Trail is OPEN!!!!!

    December 23, 2016

    Headlines Generate Healthy Discussion

    February 19, 2015

    Calculating Job Creation & Economic Benefit

    January 29, 2015

    WOW! Front page Gazette!

    January 29, 2015

    CELEBRATIONS!!! The Steam Coast Trail wins £637,050 from the Coastal Community Fund!

    January 26, 2015

    A39 Cycle Path Not a Viable Alternative

    March 7, 2014

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