Start of a New Season

 Week Commencing 2nd March 2026

Monday

Not around again but Ian and Kevin were.

Wednesday

Usual Suspects on a bright March morning .

Car Park garden full of Spring flowers .

Over on Platform 2, the  end room is  now awaiting a roof , and the front wall grows after the special bricks have arrived.

A special visitor this Morning , popped in a few times on test runs from Toddington to Broadway .

Small jobs around the Station before we open this Saturday at the start of a new season, were Cleaning out of the Station Masters office , removing the cover off the running board and sweeping down of the platform under the canopy. Kevin put out some more flowers around the station , and finnished the platform garden off.

Wheelbarrows needed more air in their wheels again ?

Chris nearly finished the doors on the shed.

Back at Little Broadway A Black 5 was seen heading south at a pace.

Dave

First Cut !

 Week Commencing 23rd February 2026

Monday

First Gas bottle change of the year on the RBR  !! done by myself and Ian .

Back to Broadway where Chris and Kevin were working on the car park garden. 

The Driveway grass / weeds / moss needed its first cut of the year , as soon as had cut the top section Kevin racked up the grass to be put on the compost heap .

Doesn't look too bad weeds and grass are now the same height . 

Wednesday

A bright springish day .

The numbers doubled , Mark and young Dave gave the new dagger boards a coat of primer.

The raised bed at the bottom had a tidy up by Kevin

On the road the bent Wasp sign on the bridge was being changed.

Another first of the year was  finally we could have a bonfire , Mark and Dave had a good go at burning about four of five montjhs of rubbish both old wood and vegetation .

Because the drive way drops sharply to the fence and its not easy to mow , a small line of grass and later some hot lips plants might make a border , who knows its just an idea.

Dagger boards drying in the sun.

Back at Little Broadway a class waiting for the road .

Dave

Trains again

 Week Commencing 16th February 2026

Monday

Only Ian and Kevin in , I wasn't around .Wet and windy all day.

Wednesday

Back to the 3 of us.

A job which needed 3 of us was putting back the road sign showing the way to the car park on the main road.

The wind had loosened it and it had found its way to the bottom of the pole , many hands were needed to place it somewhere near the top and refixed .

Kevin doing his Kilroy impression !

Over on platform 2 block work continues ot the far end , block work and the final window now in place. 

Ian vanished down to Winchcombe to do a Crossing Monitors course , which left Kevin on his garden , whilst I did a general clean up around the work benches.

They're back , well only for this week .

 3850 on duty for the half term .

Dave

Open this Weekend !

 Week Commencing 9th February 2026

Monday

A good turn out for a Monday , plus the weather was good ish.

Trains are running for the next long week ( half term ) so the station has had to be put back to normal .

The last bin that was drying out in the ladies was taken down to the container for its coats of paint , plus all the equipment that we needed .

Mark gave the whole floor a mop round , you wouldn't now we had been there .

Afterwards he join Chris and Kevin cutting back the overhanging shrubs before they start growing again.

Chris ( the other one ) finished off the door insullation.

The end lamp had a new lamp fitted .

Mark got on his knees to remove the leaves from around the crossing .

Shinny bins were put out .

Wednesday

Back to just the 3 of us plus the platform 2 gang . who were working on the far end again.

Something different for Kevin to try, it was to fit new hinges to the swing gate at the north end of platform 1 Elsewhere the shed had a good clean out and platform under the canopy had a general brush down. The covering on the running in board on platform 2 was also removed 

Maybe a real steam engine next week !

But at Little Broadway a Bubble car stopped at the station and later a down goods passed through.

Dave

Sorting Out !

 Week Commencing 2nd February 2026

Monday

As per, it was another wet Monday , so the 3 of us stayed in the dry ( most of the day )

Shelves were put back into the corner of the shed , and the place given a clean up for the half term opening.

The last bin still needs attention , the paint failed to attach itself to a very wet part of the bin , so another week of drying out might solve the problem.

Wednesday

There of us again , plus the first of the daffodils on the station embankment !

Strange fungi growing on the underside of the Broadway running in board , showing how wet the board  has become.

Over on Platform 2 some action down the far end  , dry and warm enough to do some block work.

Kevin was in the garden doing crazy paving ?

Platform 1 running board ( with its mushrooms ) needs attention and drying out , so covers were put over to try and dry it out , lucky the sun came out to help .

I had a go to rebuild the lamp , but it wasn't looking good ,the branch had buckled the top and one side , so a decision was to have more made ! 2 replace the broken ones and a spare just in case !

Little Broadway has no such problems , and today the LMS 4F awaits the signal to pull out of the goods hard , heading to Toddington.

More storm damage !

 Week commencing 26th January 2026

Monday

5 around today , weather not okay a bit of a storm brewing  .

Kevin has well and truly moved into old mess hut , old fridge is now a storage cupboard.

Out of the wind and rain Chris in the warmth of the ladies toilet gave one of the waste bins a fresh coat of paint.

Over on platform 2 the team had made a concrete block to support one of the canopy stanchions .

Edges were put on one of the bins.

Chris and Ian fitted some draft excluders on the shed.

Signs of life in one of the pots , could be snowdrops, daffodils or tulips ?

Wednesday

Day after the storm that went through on Tuesday, the southern end of platform 1 , 2 large branches had come down , that make 4 that have come down in the past couple of months.

Smashed another lamp !

Bits all over the place !

We spent most of the morning clearing up , sweep up the glass and chop up the trees. and take them down to the bonfire area .

This was interesting a broken branch stuck in the ground not far from the platform edge .

Chris was back in the shed on the final part of the insulation fitting to the corner wall. 

Mark and young Dave carried on cleaning up the track bed .

Kevin put a small fence up to try and stop people standing on the bank, to take photos.

An attempt was made to straighten out the top of the lamp which got hit . 

At little Broadway the Auto Train arrives with the afternoon train to Honeybourne.

• Dave