Here We Go Again

 Wednesday 4th January 2023

No attendance on Monday , a few of us were enjoying a day out on the last Train of the season.

but on Wednesday a grand total of  6 arrived to see what they could do .

First job was to take the Christmas decorations down in the café .

it didn't take too long before they  were all boxed up and returned to the store room .There had been a problem with the Station heating over the previous days which Tony sorted out ( we must train the station staff  how to change batteries ! )

Second big job on the list was to move the platform furniture under shelter , to keep it out of the worst of the winter weather.

Not that it was a bad day weather wise  , it was warm enough for Ian to give the post a fresh coat of black paint.

Not wishing to paint outside , Brian took to the Disable toilet to give one of the benches the first top coat of Brown.

Elsewhere Vic was giving the Station Staff areas a good clean.

Pat was racking up the leaves from the end of platform 1 , there was a temptation to use the Billy Goat but picking up wet leaves causes more problems than it worth.

Peter was back making Trugg Handles

Mid day most had wandered off , leaving just Dave and Ian refurbishing the waste bins , until we discovered the puddle in the mess hut thought to be caused by condensation , was in fact a leak in the cold water feed. Must have been dripping since the cold weather a few weeks back , any way we eventually managed to get the stop cock to close and did a bit of mopping up . 

so there's now a job for next Monday to sort out.

And finally my picture of the final day of  " 4270 " here seen leaving Winchcombe.

Dave