Minus Two Degrees

Monday 2nd December

It seemed as though Dec was reminding us it can get cold. Brrrrr. Scrape the ice. Brrrr.

December is the start of Santa Trains and some of Broadway volunteers become one of Santa Elves. Here is Vic at The North Pole (alias Winchcombe Station) for the Charity Train.

Santa has arrived at Broadway also a Christmas Tree.

David and Peter defrosted the Ice-cream fridge ready for next year and started assembling another bench adding the feet.

It was not needles and pinsa but needles and leavesa. Tony and Keith removing large amount off the trackbed and Ian leaves off the north end of platform 1. The barrow loads all ended up on the bonfire.

Vic was down the drive moving the heap.

Neal, John and Jo were all busy with Footbridge items. Neal up the stairs, John and Jo painting.

Wednesday 4th December

Bridge work continued with John reducing the pile of unpainted wood and Neal up on the stairs again. Perhaps he never moved??

A different crew was removing pine needles from the track bed today Peter K down below and Ian with the barrow and keeping fit tracking to and fro from the bonfire which had been lit today. With the wind in the right direction so as not to disturb our neighbors Tony was the fire lighter and Chris stopped to have a chat.

Clive moving closer to the station was back at painting the wooded fencing. In the first photo a visitor from the Caravan Club was learning on the progress at Broadway.

In the messroom Tony, Dave and Peter Q were repairing some model railway pieces, a canopy to a station building and a roof on a signal box.

The Running in Board for Hales Abbey Halt was transported to the station and attached to the posts.
Brian, Dave and Peter being the volunteers to carry out the project.

And by chance, a passing " Foremarke Hall " was seen on its journey to Winchcombe



Finally the bench which Dave and Peter were assembling on Monday is complete, now awaiting drier weather to complete painting.

As on Monday Vic continued with the top soil removal.

Vic