Gala Preparations

Wednesday 10th May 2023

A Bright start to the the day but by lunchtime the heavens opened up , but luckily we had nearly finished most of the more important jobs , in readiness for this weekends gala.

Just the usual 6 volunteers turned out to make the station ready for our visitors. 

Part of Platform 2 will be open so visitors can visit the open Signal Box. A temporary barrier was erected to stop any body trying to venture onto the future building site !

The lack of Mondays on the run up to this weekend plus the good growing weather, had made the grass suddenly put a spurt on, Most of the volunteers grabbed some form of grass cutting device , above Ron with one of the mowers on the drive way grass.

Below Brian had been stimming the top of the embankment, as P and O awaits its departure time.

Over on platform 2 behind the fence Ian was also on the mower.

Pat was using the brush cutter at the top of the bank behind platform 1 , whilst Dave was below with the mower .

With so much grass cuttings being generated by the mowing and strimming, it was found to be easier using the Billy Goat to pick up the loose stuff from the platform.

This was what the station looked like , from the Signal box steps  at about 11.30 , right behind me was a very black cloud which 10 mins later produced a very heavy downfall

Lets hope we wont have anything like that for this weeks Gala.

Dave