On the Brushes again !

 Week Commencing 27th March 2023

A lovely start to the day again ,the sun was beating down and we had 5 volunteers turning out.  

Our neighboring Ravens sat on top of one of the pine trees. making a hell of a racket  Its that time of year for them !!!

On such a good day what's to be done , maybe a bit more painting.

Brian and Ian started by scrapping off the old flaky paint , whilst Dave started to paint.

Peter headed down the drive to tend to the never ending debris from the trees.

Dave had started by doing the middle 3rd of the container , but by lunch time and with everybody's help it was done and looking very smart. good for another 5 years !

Another job that requires doing is the sorting out of the bottom garden , Ian and Chris were deciding what to do ! 

The flower bed is too close to the fence making it hard to mow the grass in front so we have decided to move it back up the embankment.

But first the concrete from the old posts had to be dug out, which Ian and Dave eventually did. whilst Brian was in the same area keepin the weeds down.

Wednesday

What a miserable day ! Another why bother day raining when we arrived and still raining when we departed !

But for the 4 who turned out it was a case of staying indoors and stay dry.

There was a brief respite of the rain so Peter could cut some more sides for the Truggs which seam to be selling well in our shop !

The reason Peter had the ear defenders on was not because of Ian, but because Dave had just finished drilling the new bolt holes in the rails. The pillar drill in the container makes a bit of a racket when it was drilling through 1/2 inch of steel !!

When its raining our breaks tend to be a bit longer , one our discussions usually revolves around ailments , the latest one was Pat`s swollen knee which has slowed him down considerably , I did take a picture but putting it on the Blog would probably contravene some rule about decency! 

Anyway you cant keep a good man down ! he was out in the rain removing more moss from the platform.

Pat and Peter disappeared around lunch time , Dave and Ian put everything away and went down to Winchcombe on the scrounge for useful stuff .

Dave