Friday 15 March 2024

Spring Time At Broadway ?

 Week Commencing 11th March 2024


Firstly the Monday shot of platform 2 , Block work to damp course almost there , just a few blocks for the inner walls and fire place to do.


Back on the other side yet another coat of black on the running board from Ian


And Dave was having a trial fit of some new edging , made by our good friends from the Carpentry dept down at Winchcombe.


Brian was making some blocks to hold up his new sign.


Ian gave the new edging a coat of primer


And Brian fitted his blocks !


Up on the spear fencing saw Peter  endlessly rubbing down 


Wednesday

The one piece of edging for the running board had bolt holes through it , the new running board has sunken bolt holes and the edging should cover them . two new ends were manufactured and they replaced either end.


We finally got a new replacement for the broken soap dispenser .


Pat was on killing moss duties.


The running in board got flipped over and a final coat of light stone was applied , maybe next week if we have enough volunteers on site it will get put back up ?


Billy goat came out , as it was dry to clean up the pavement down the drive


And Peter 


Dave



Friday 8 March 2024

Still a nip in the Air

 Week commencing 4th March 2024


Monday

A bright and frosty start to the day for the usual few that turns out , first a look at Platform 2 ,with all the Stanchions up and block work on going.


Brian un deterred carried on with the treatment of the fence. 


After the running board had another coat of black , Ian and Dave sorted out a wobbly kiosk with a few wedges inserted !


The bin had its lid finally put back on it after refurbishment.


Wednesday


Platform 2 shows that the platform edge has had most of the blocks put over to the field side to start the back wall


Fence all treated looking good for another couple of years.


A  pair of volunteers watched the proceedings on platform 2 before moving onto painting the spear fencing.


Brian had a little job fitting the cash drawers in the Booking office.


Dave and Ian after painting the letters white on the running board , headed into the container to do the same with the surroundings.


Dave



Thursday 29 February 2024

Only one Month to go !

 Week commencing 26th February 2024


With only a month to go before trains get back to Broadway  ( Good Friday ) most of  the closed season jobs have nearly been completed .

Work on platform 2 is going on with the Monday shot showing 1 upright erected and block work ongoing.



Monday


Mike and Peter were persevering  with the rubbing down of the spear fencing.


Down at the bottom of the drive Brian , Dave and Ian finally got the posts concreted into the ground.


Not an easy job getting down to those bottom bits !


Then they started on applying wood preserve to the wooden fencing. 


Late February and the mower is out .


Wednesday


Rain threatened and just the 5 of us , but over on platform 2 a small gang appeared and quite a lot got done , below the start of the day , all 6 upright's were up and block work up to damp course at the far end had been completed. 


Vic was in today working on the small garden.


More signs of animal activity around the station.


Brian and Dave applied more wood preservative this time starting from the top. of the drive . in the distance it was Mike and Ian on the fence today.


The hover was out with Pat , its good for cutting up the grass cut on Monday.


Brian half way down the drive , still a long way to go !


Dave



Wednesday 21 February 2024

Good News

 Week commencing 19th February 2024


Ian and myself spent most of the morning delivering the new waste bins to their new home at Cheltenham Racecourse Station. Bit of a faff , going to Winchcombe to pick up a suitable vehicle , driving back up to Broadway  to pick up the bins , trying to squeeze them in the vehicle . driving the long way to Cheltenham due to road closures .Finding race course is being readied for The festival  , but eventually we got there and David from the Cheltenham group accepted them.  




Back at Broadway around lunchtime , 2 volunteers had already had gone home, which left the 3 of us.


Monday shot of the new building revealed that the block work had commenced at the far end , and later that day the first of the steel uprights had been delivered.

The 3 of us after lunch headed down the drive and part erected the post into the previously dug holes.


Wednesday 


It  was chucking it down when we arrived , lets head indoors where the running in board from platform 2 was flipped over and was given the first coat of black paint. Its a bit of a squeeze in there so what we missed will have to wait until its outside.


The table had a new back put on it to stop the goods falling through , just needs tiding up.


The repaired bin lid had a top coat of dark stone .


Around the station over the years we have seen various glimpses of wild life , Badgers, Foxes , Stoats, rabbits etc.. Pat had a bush camera so he set it up and in one week we had a few videos !






Hopefully more next week.

Dave







Thursday 15 February 2024

Keeping on top of things.

 Week Commencing 12th February 2024


Cool start to Monday proceedings , and a quick shot of platform 2 shows the footings are in and no hedgehogs are trapped in the ditches !


Dave and Ian cleaned up the bolts that are used to hold up the Platform 2 running board.


Afterwards we headed over to the old wood storage pile over on Platform 2 , wood that was left over and not used in the construction of the station building etc had been stored just in case .
But the covering had long since rotted away and the pile of wood had just become a large home for hundreds of wood lice. 


Meanwhile Brian was painting the container 2.


Pat and Ian were trying to start one of the temperamental mowers.



no useful wood headed to the fire.


And Mike joined us to rub down yet more spear fencing panels.


Wednesday


Damp sort of day and just the 4 of us.

Brian had finished the doors on number 2


Under the cover of the canopy one of the bin lids had a fresh coat of paint.


And in the dry of of the ladies toilets the Running in board had the back repainted.


The table outside the Broadway Shed had long since rotted away , so one of the benches which had to be moved because of the new shed was converted into a useful table , Ian trying up the modified bench against the side of the shed.


Later 2 men were seen with a large post on a sack truck ?


Dave