Never put it off !

Wednesday 11th December 2019

The few volunteers that appeared on Monday carried on with the usual jobs.

Mike on Painting duties , giving the new bench a coat of Chocolate paint.

Ian was on brush too , sweeping the needles.

And Dave removed the GWR Broadway sign from the bottom of the drive . The rain had started to take the paint off the top of the sign. so Dave made a roof to sit on the top, it was then sealed and screwed into place , rubbed down and two layers of primer and undercoat applied.

Paint had dried by mid afternoon , mainly because it was quiet a decent day weather wise. The same forecast was down for Wednesday , so lets wait till then !

Never trust the weather forecast, we never learn.

Ian had helper in young Dave , lots of wind means lots of needles and bits of broken branches. That and cleaning out the drains kept them busy most of the day !

Some thing we didnt put off till next week was the clearing of the platform furniture from under the station canopy. With only one Wednesday before the Xmas Break , we thought that if it was forecast rain next week , we may not have enough volunteers to do it then , so as there were more than 4 today lets do it a week early.

Just after lunch ,down came the rain, Peter Q took the sign into the warmth of the mess hut to touch up the lettering ,before handing it over to Dave to paint the top and surround.

With a steady supply of broken branches, needles and bits of wood , Brian and Peter had the making of a bonfire , even the rain failed to put out the flames, but it didnt half make a lot of steam.