Tidying up before the Storms !!

 Wednesday 16th February 2022

It seamed like a strange thing to do before the latest Storms make there presence known over the country and at Broadway . Lets have a tidy up . Weather was good in the morning , in the afternoon clouds rolled in and it looked like we were going to have downpour but nothing happened.

First out of the traps was Ron , starting clearing the track bed of debris and pine needles .

Followed by Terry , Keith and soon Peter K

Down on the drive Peter Q , Brian and Dave were on the Brushes.

In fact there were so many people there wasn't enough brushes to go round.

What there was enough to go round were " Profiteroles ". It was Peter Q`s ( 1st on the left ) birthday  " 80 plus "  , he brought in a selection of goodies for all to share. And just in case he forgot to bring any,  Brian also brought in some more Profiteroles .

After the break , Rod was back on the track bed with his leaf vacuum , trying to catch the missing needles. 

Pat was picking on something smaller than the usual ash trees , he was trying to remove moss that was growing on the platform 1 ramp.

By Late afternoon the gang had nearly reached the barrow crossing  at the end on the Station.

Many wheelbarrows full needles and debris had made their way down to the fire .

Lets see what this weekend storms brings , I have a feeling that we may be doing all again next week , except for the " Profiteroles " of course !!

Not had a picture of a Loco lately and not until early March on our railway .so last Monday a trip to Hereford gave me an opportunity to see 46100 " Royal Scot "

Dave