Wet and Dry

Monday 27th July

A very on and off wet day.

It was a mostly dodging the showers day , but the show must go on.

Peter and Dave popped down to Toddington  , their task was to find the Gas box !

Since the gas pipe for the new block had been installed and connected, and then we have had lock down . The gas box had been enveloped by vegetation of all sorts , when we arrived all we could see was the doors. Should have taken a before and after. 

After about an hour we could see all round , but it also revealed the felt had perished in places , now where do we find some felt ? I know there is a role at Broadway  !!!

oh well a job for next Monday.

Meanwhile back at the station.

And underneath the canopy .

Brian was giving the windows , doors and all the signs a good cleaning, after months of  neglect the station needed a spruce up .

As per usual Pat was somewhere behind platform 2 destroying vegetation , whilst the others raked and transported the waste to the Bonfire heap.

Back at the station building , there had been a concern over some of the arches over the doors and window.

 

Two of the arch bricks had started to slip , now I could go into the reason why , but even though I have heard why a few times I wont put it in writing , because I may get it wrong . Leave it to the experts.

Wednesday 29th July

A dry day

One such expert is Bob.

Bob with Dave's help is seen easing the bricks back to their original position , and then we fixed an additional support underneath .

Later Bob re pointed when everything looked in place.

 

This is the kitchen door , Bob has just finished the re pointing , the extra support underneath just needs a top coat and a bit of mastic to complete . 

Tony took the opportunity of the dry day to give the drive way and seating area a quick mow.

Vic was on the gardens , And Pat and the team cleared up to the signal behind platform 2 

Finally after many weeks Platform 2 has been cleared , over to platform 1 and then start all over again !