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Ellie Checks Out The Watercress Line.
Hampshire is perfect for growing watercress and, when trains arrived in the area and growers could start sending their produce to London, business boomed. Mid Hants Railway has helped to restore part of the old βWatercress Lineβ between Alresford and Alton and now steam trains are back on the track. But, when one of the trains pulls into the station, something sparks Ellie Harrisonβs curiosity...
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