Here We Are Again

 Monday 25th April.

The wife's doing the washing I'm doing the cleaning. She's at home I'm at Broadway.it's Monday, Monday I feel that way.

Well I am not the only one at Broadway Station.

First off Tony has a trainee using the Flymo. Well done Keith walking up and down that driveway seems like miles.

Then there was Dave and Brian, one arriving the other going. Dave was joining Pat at Winchcombe to check out the gas cylinders under the RBR.

Peter Q was as usual, first off watering his Hydrangers and then trimming the grass, making sure the Bluebells remain.

Ian was off to collect couple of barrow load of bricks.

Mike looking swarve then changed into his working gear cleaning and painting the Exit Gate.

Peter K was in the workshop trying to sort out the other lawn mower. Finally getting it going, he trimmed the grass on Platform 2. He also sorted out the frame on the Fuel Shed.

Finally Brian, Peter Q and Dave started the building of Litter Bins for Toddington Station

Later on Brian touched up the telephone kiosk with a bit of red paint.

Mike continued with  the white line on platform 2.

Dave who was working on the new bins got a rough idea how big the exterior had to be to fit the plastic bin.

Whilst we missed a Monday  ( due to Easter ) a new addition had since been erected from the station canopy extension.

Can you guess ?

Dave

Vic who is your Blogger today, was in the Walled Garden, loosening the soil and planting two shrubs.

Plus removing loads of weeds. Where Bill & Ben ?

Back in via the train on Wednesday , myself and Ian on the new bins and Pat elsewhere with the mower.

But later in the day we ( The Station ) had a special visitor with his film crew.

He did a few takes around the Station , and several takes that included the tongue twister  " Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway ",  soon  " Foremarke Hall " with the mid afternoon arrived, another take and then he jumped on board and away.

Michael Portillo seen taking to his crew , must be filming for a new series.

Dave

Back to Monday working

 Monday 11th April 2022

Its into April and the trains are now running during the week so now due to the limited parking at the station it was decided to move our working day back to Monday.

But we still have the usual suspects turning up to do their bit.

Two, Pat and Dave had volunteered to be in charge of keeping the gas bottles on the Restaurant and Buffet cars topped up, so for a couple of hours in the morning they had popped down to Toddington to change a few empties.

Soon as Pat returned he was back on his usual job , the area at the bottom of the drive by the signs has spung into life , weed wise !

It was too much for Peter Q with his little strimmer so Pat obliged with the Petrol version.

Michael moved over to Platform 2 to start the white edging strip. 

It was noticed that the sign at the bottom of the drive was looking at bit shaky , on further inspection it was found that one of the posts had rotted away and the other wasn't far behind.

It didn't take long for Brian and Ian to extract it , it was taken back to the bench to be stripped down.

Brian is in the process of making a new sign to replace this one , its a job in pipe line.

Moving to Monday means I wont be able to take pictures of the Locomotives at our station, but I will leave you with a photo I took of the one that is a lot older than of them all.

Dave

Wednesday

Vic was on Station duties today and spotted these two playing on our trolly.

Vic