Another Season nearly over

Wednesday 30th October 2019

That is it for the Wednesday gang this year for watching the trains pulling in and out of the station. No more till next year , we will miss them , and the station too has just 3 more operating days until the shut down .

Dinmore Manor was on duty today, here getting ready to run round the train on its last visit of the day.

On Monday a handful of Volunteers saw Tony trying out his new toy.

Why have 2 or 3 brushing the pine needles when you can blast them into heaps with the aid of a 4 stroke engine powered blower. but as ever you need a trusty man with a wheelbarrow , to ship them back to a potential bonfire.

Pats turn !

Only other person in was Dave.

First he gave the barriers a coat of dark stone around the outside and then the new Hayles Abbey running board a first coat of black.

Wednesday the usual suspects attended , A bit of a tidy up job was being carried out by Keith and Clive.

It involved taking soil from the soil heap on the drive and infilling the trench that had been created by the S and T behind the sign on Platform 2 

Several journeys through out the day were needed sure they both got their 100000 steps in !

Peter Q having delivered the portable screens to Winchcombe met up with Dave , Brian and Ray at Hayles Abbey Halt to collect the sign . The sign had to be cut into 3 pieces for transport ease. And then brought to Broadway for deconstruction.

You can see how much the wood had started to deteriorate and the paint had peeled off several sections. All that needed doing was the recovery of the letters. The letters we found had been attached by security screws , no challenge there then. The rest of the sign was consigned to the bonfire.

All letters removed , they were given a rub down and a fresh coat of paint applied. We just have to remember which order to put them back !

As its Halloween tomorrow , has anybody noticed our Broadway ghost ?

About halfway down the Station building , the white shape stands forever waiting for the train.

Or is it just a trick of the light ?