I'M revisiting Broomielaw station in Thursday's Echo Memories. It is such a romatically unusual place that it is worth a second visit.

I just looked at the first article from October 7, 2010, and have realised that although it contained a few words on the Percy Beck Viaduct, there wasn't a picture. And as I crawled up and down the steep sides of the ravine to get one, I thought I should make use of it.

Percy Beck is in Barnard Castle. You can get there from many different approaches, but if it is the viaduct you are after, you need to turn off Harmire Road opposite Glaxo and head for the little industrial estate.

The viaduct was built in 1860-61 on the Stainmore line which closed in 1964. Now it seems only to access a private farm. But you can slither down the ravine to view it.

I wrote a couple of weeks back: "The ravine is steep, filled with the chatter of birdsong and the trickle of the beck. Ivy has claimed the south face of the viaduct and the trees of Flatts Wood try to conceal its north face. Some would argue that these manmade structures enhance nature's beauty, but nature doesn't think so and she is claiming Percy Beck back."

I should have inserted an "(ie: me)" after the first three words of the sentence there.

The mass of tall trees is a real contrast to the second picture on here which is dated May 7, 1968. It was taken to illustrate a story about the danger of the disused viaduct. "All the large stone bklocks which formed the bridge parapet on one side, and the iron railing which provided protection, have been dislodged by vandals, and pushed into the ravine," said the article. "There is now nothing to prevent children slipping over the edge and falling 40ft."