Last of the Summer weather ?

 Week Commencing 21st September 2020

The last days of Summer saw a slight change in the weather , the sight that greeted the 4 who turned out on Monday saw the grey skies over the station. The first signs of Autumn ?

As I said just 4 today ( plus Jo doing his own thing with a bench ) , most taken to going on a last minute holiday whilst the weather is good.

As per the norm , its down to the drive for a quick Tidy and brush up.

But first a bit of wheelbarrow Maintance, one flat Tyre too many  saw Ian bring in a supposedly a non puncturable one to try out . Ron Fitted the said wheel and tyre . Okay its different and we will always spot you in the fog .

There it is !

It does what it says on the can , we will see.

Also down the drive was Brian on mower.

He was trying to give that side of the drive a quick cut but we had visitors in the shape of the tree surgeons ,

 Their task for the day was to remove one of the dying ? trees and trim some branches from one of the trees at the bottom of the drive. 

One of the problems they created was by letting large lumps of timber fall from a great height, was the when they did land on our nice grass patch it left sizable holes.

More on Wednesday

Back at the workshop, Dave was continuing removing the paint off the two bench supports.

We had been donated  an ex GWR bench , which was the 2 ends type , wood on the seat and feet was beyond saving  , the back two pieces will need a rub down and repainting. above shows  work in progress with the rubbing down.

Brian , Ian and Ron returned to the shade of the embankment to carry on with the on going Ivy removal.

Wednesday 

5 volunteers , rain and two trains .

Removing years of ivy and debris revealed a rather large lump of concreate , looks like this area was used as a dumping ground from when the station and platforms were demolished.

What started as one large lump turned into 2 wheel barrow of similar stuff , more will probably appear as time goes on.

Early  morning also saw the shifting of 4 completed spear fencing panels up the area by the signal box .

Peter K had a dry spot in the Portakabin today  he built more,  ready for the painters, who today were absent mainly due to the weather.

Getting a nice collection going , maybe next month we might start installing them.

Ian carried on with his  task of repairing the wheelbarrows , we have now got more working wheel barrows than volunteers to use them ! 

Ron and Ian surveyed the area where the tree had been removed and set about repairing the holes in the ground . Sourcing a bit of top soil ( not an easy task ) they managed to fill 2 or 3 of the worst ones then applied grass seed . Hopefully the area will recover.

Dave also in the dry , completed the bench ends . A bit of cure rust on the worst parts then a coating of red oxide. eventually to be painted Dark brown to match the existing benches that we have on our platform.

Two Locos today