Keeping things in Order

 Week commencing 18th October 2021

The year is marching on and at Broadway  things are slowing down . on Monday we had the grand total of 5 volunteers on site.

Vic was on the end of Platform 1 next to the little garden cutting back the overhanging branches. Later he headed down to the Drive garden to do more tiding up ready for the winter.

Down the drive Brian had had a lorry load of topsoil delivered , its use was to fill in the many holes in the driveway grassy area.

 Many trips with the wheelbarrow back and forth saw him complete his task of filling most of the holes all that was left was to scatter grass seed and let Nature do its job.

Back on platform 1 Pat was trying out his latest gadget , a much beefier version of his old portable hedge trimmer. 

It seemed to do the trick as he managed to trim at least half of the hedge .

Back down the drive more sweeping up.

Wednesday

Just before our arrival on Wednesday there had been a rather large storm pass through ,Platform 1 was a mess in places with areas of large Puddles and Needles 

Dave and Chris tackled the job and had it looking sort of pristine before the days travelers and visitors appeared.

Back on the hedge Pat was having another go .

Peter meanwhile was applying grass seed to the bare patches.

 

The trouble with chopping vegetation it creates lots of waste materials, 5 wheel barrows in fact.

Also around were Rod and Paul. they were at the end on Platform 2 North sorting out the transition from the crossing to the platform ramp. they made a start by fixing of the edging slabs .

The Motive power today was the Heritage DMU and " P and O "

 

Thursday 21st

Vic was Station Assistant today here are a few photos.

Early arrivals

Railcar in the sun

Coupling up

Digging for coal

Blue Skies over Broadway

Dave & Vic.