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	. . . since moving back to Weymouth after 25 years away on Portland I found myself living right next to the Rodwell Trail - a disused railway line that I first used when it still had the track in place! Now it's a footpath and cycle track linking Portland to Weymouth town centre, much used by local residents to walk their dogs and to walk to work or shops. I suspect that most users of the trail have little idea of how much wildlife they are passing. Which is what this web site is about . . . Bob Ford December 2007 For an introduction to the history of the Rodwell Trail, see these sites: an episode from the BBC television series "Railway Walks" Weymouth & Portland Borough Council's page on the Friends of the Rodwell Trail Weymouth & Portland Borough Council's page on the history of the Rodwell Trail Alan Edward's photographic tour of the trail Mark Cleaver's page of photos