Not that Hot

 Monday 15th August 2022.

The temperature was in the high 20 `s but after the previous days 30 degree plus, it didn't seam that hot for the usual team of volunteers that turned up this Monday.

All this dry weather has done our platform furniture no good , it has dried the wood out and some of our tables were on the loose and wobbly side . The usual fix is to now use fence bolts to add another fixing to the bolted on wood. It works well but alas Dave ran out of those too.

Pat was on the bank behind the mess hut.

Whilst Peter Q  having watered the the embankment plants earlier set about making more Trug handles on home made lathe.

Ian was coming back from a spot of gardening.

  Mike had brought back the Lincat boiler from the repairers , reconnected electricity and water to it and was undergoing testing. No more waiting for the kettle to boil.

Outside the café where one of the Litter bins used to live ( its now been moved ) several stains have appeared on the platform slabs , Brian set about trying to return the slabs back to a reasonable condition. Using hot water and detergent and his knowledge of past cleaning of the decks on various ships  gave it a good go. 

Last week Peter K cut a hole in the spear fencing this week a test fit of a gate .

Dave and Ian later worked on the last of the bins, nearly ready for shipping to Toddington. 

Another thing that Peter made were some metal feet for a new barrier which go at the end of the platform to replace the old metal ones which are falling to bits.

Dave had then bolted some uprights to them , just trying to work out how high to make them with the temp horizontal wood.

Don't forget its Deltic day this Friday , we should have both " Royal Highland Fusiliers " and " Alycidon "running all day. 

Dave