{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67a36376a7aa51f115749e2d/6af18619ee11adce8b5e7c74?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Railway to Nowhere ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67a36376a7aa51f115749e2d/1794238714152-346f883f-d4d6-4c85-891e-c079f3f7f5e2.jpeg?height=200","description":"<h3><strong>Episode 53</strong></h3><h3><strong>THE LAND ROVERS PODCAST</strong></h3><h3></h3><h3>The Railway to Nowhere</h3><p><br></p><p>This week we go in search Suffolk’s famous railway to nowhere - The “Middy”.</p><p><br></p><p>Started in 1903, the Mid Suffolk Light Railway was a grand project intended to connect rural communities, but ran out of money and was abandoned just 4 years later, half finished. These days it’s just a great scar on the landscape - a raised ridge dotted with modern ruins - and it ends abruptly in the middle of a field that just so happens to contain echoes of an ancient and medieval past as well.</p><p><br></p><p>So with tales of the prisoners of war who worked on the line alongside rumours of Roman settlements and lost Medieval buildings filling our heads, we set off to see if we could uncover some secrets of The Middy…</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Thanks for listening!</strong> If you enjoy the pod then please SUBSCRIBE or FOLLOW and leave a 5 STAR review wherever you get your podcasts. It really helps us grow, and who knows - we might even get to appear on Apple or Spotify&#39;s editorial recommendation charts!</p><p><br></p><p><strong>For images and videos of everything we discuss and discover, head to our instagram:</strong></p><p><a href=\"about:blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelandroverspodcast</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>And find links to us on all the podcast platforms by visiting our website:</strong></p><p><a href=\"https://shows.acast.com/the-land-rovers-a-history-hunting-podcast\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://shows.acast.com/the-land-rovers-a-history-hunting-podcast</a></p>","author_name":"The Land Rovers"}