Waiting For Paint To Dry

Wednesday  20th February 2019

Its actually light now when the early bird volunteers arrive and at least 3 were in attendance before 8 o clock. The rest drifted in before 9am, some a bit later. Weather wasn't not too bad .

Dave on Monday had painted and sealed the back of the New Platform 2 running in board , hoping that today Brian could put another coat on the face of the board .

Nearly 2 days and still it hadn't completely dried.

That is why we go home most days with lots of paint on our hands.any way we flipped it around so Brian could do his bit.

Pete and Dave made a new capping for the top of the running board , as we had found the old one was 1/2 inch too narrow, and after Peter had sanded it down , Dave then gave it the Primer Treatment. 

Pete on the Sander

Whilst Dave was Painting , Pete painted new parts for his storage cupboard .

Later in the morning it was a case of mind that, its wet , mind that, its wet too and mind that, that`s wet also !

We also saw the return of the real painters Graham and Mike . Graham did a spot of repair and touching up in the Restaurant and Kitchen , whilst Mike did the same on the doors and door signs.

Strike the Pose

Remember our new replacement trees that got planted a couple of weeks ago .

It has barely rained since planting and they all were due a good soaking especially the ones near the top of the bank ( its very dry up there ), Gordon was up to the task , and after several journeys up and down the side of the cutting carrying a large bucket full of water he was Kn....ed . 

Maybe we will buy him a hose next time.

A final visit from the Carriage and Wagon team saw the counter in the restaurant all finished off .

You can image what it will look like in a few weeks time with Tea , coffee and cakes cluttering up the place . I think that is what Ray, Tony and Graham are waiting for . Picture too rude to put on Blog !

Elsewhere the Waste bins got their new labels.

The Cement Hut finally left us for pastures green ( or Winchcombe )

Steve's new Dodgy Caravan !

Car Park Guys are nearly ready for the Tarmac. Soon

The Stairs on Platform 1 have now got the four uprights fitted.

And in the distance to the south, P way were up to something around one of the points and beyond them Line side clearance looked to have another fire going.