Wednesday 12th June 2019
Well no rain today at least , but Monday saw the three of us battle the elements to do a bit in and around the Station.
Whilst Tony was collecting wind blown pine cones off the drive and Dave giving the drive Notice board the first coat of black paint , Peter Q extended the Tiling around the small basin in the Kitchen.
Peter seen here finishing off the grouting , no more moaning from the kitchen staff having to wipe down the wall to the left of the basin.
Wednesday saw 10 volunteers turn up , more that anticipated considering the weather forcast.
A small gang headed down to remove the shuttering from around the concrete base for the Wheelie bins .
The area around will eventually be built up and a suitable surround provided to hide the bins.
Top of the drive the sliding gate was having the rollers fitted to the gate foundations.
A small gang headed down to remove the shuttering from around the concrete base for the Wheelie bins .
The area around will eventually be built up and a suitable surround provided to hide the bins.
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Above Peter has attached the rollers to the foundations and was just removing the bolt excess and in the second picture the beam that carries the gate is checked for being level .The end stops were then fitted and tested for smooth running.
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Now came the fence posts , two wooden post for now and the matching metal gate post , as the fence post auger was away on another site these holes were dug the old fashion way on your knees and by hand !
Elsewhere Dave gave the notice board another coat of black
It seems to take ages to paint anything as you can only do one coat per visit .That is 1 primer , 2 undercoats and then 2 top coats , then the other side which could be the same .
Peter and Dave then over to paint some of the footbridge sheets, they too need several layers of paint , Neal is reaching a point where these sheets will be needed very soon on the stairs.
Our new Volunteer Chas had a go at the overgrown GWR garden sign .
He eventually joined Mike on the stairs painting the frame work before the sheets are installed.
Luckily the rain had stayed away all day and the trains looked reasonably full , our Locomotive of the day pulled the first train of the day.
Elsewhere Dave gave the notice board another coat of black
It seems to take ages to paint anything as you can only do one coat per visit .That is 1 primer , 2 undercoats and then 2 top coats , then the other side which could be the same .
Peter and Dave then over to paint some of the footbridge sheets, they too need several layers of paint , Neal is reaching a point where these sheets will be needed very soon on the stairs.
Our new Volunteer Chas had a go at the overgrown GWR garden sign .
He eventually joined Mike on the stairs painting the frame work before the sheets are installed.
Luckily the rain had stayed away all day and the trains looked reasonably full , our Locomotive of the day pulled the first train of the day.
" 2807 " soon to head back to Cheltenham pulling the 10.50
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