Along The Lane

The proposed HS2 route, once it has left metropolitan London, will run through the countryside of Buckinghamshire, Middlesex, and The West Midlands, through nature reserves, farmland, national parks, areas of outstanding beauty, and over people’s houses. Dews Farm is one of these properties.

Every morning for the past 14 years, Ron Ryall would wake up and walk down Dews Lane, rain or shine to open up the gate.  He would then walk back to his family run garage which had been in business since 1969, servicing and repairing the locals cars. It is not just his business on the lane, Ron and his family live down the road in a Grade 2 Elizabethan farmhouse dating from 1575. The family spent 10 years renovating this house forgoing holidays and other luxuries. The house once held 4 generations of Ryalls. Ron, his wife Anne and his 92-year-old mom Ivy. His daughter Crystal and her 4 children split their time between here and a cottage they co-own next to the garage.

His garage was finally removed from his possession in August 2019 and the family have lived in limbo since 2014 whilst the dates have continuosly changed for their eviction from their family home.