Brightening Up !

 Week commencing 14th August 2023

Monday 

A very bad start to the week , tipping it down first thing , who would turn up ?

Well myself for a start , who headed out of the rain into container 1 to give the new board a coating of black paint.

Ian hid in container 2 working on Trugs.

Pat outside braved the weather to do a mod on the large Flymo .it tended to be more of a Bulldozer mo instead of a flymo , the engine didn't seam to run fast enough to get it off the ground but having found the limiter and adjusted it , it became a different machine , still a bit of a handful on the banks though.

Pat testing his newly tuned machine. 

Rain stopped and we could do a bit of Trug construction outside.

A small problem that will need sorting out , a branch bouncing on the overhead cables !

Wednesday

 A different day altogether , warm , bright sunshine from the off.

Dave took the board into a sunny spot to give the back a second coat of brown paint , which in the sunshine had dried by mid afternoon !

Below a rare sight nowadays  3 volunteers in one shot , a grand total of 6 volunteers today .

Young Dave gave the front of the station a tidy up.

Whilst his dad Chris was weeding the small garden,

It was dry enough to get " Billy " out on the drive , footpaths and platforms.

a good bag full was collected in just the morning.

Brian and Pat were doing their stuff .

Locomotives on duty today were P and O and 78019.

Julie from the Broadway shed has asked me to do a shout out for bubble wrap and any donations of childrens toys , bit short on both thank you.

They were also looking for volunteers to man the shop , they have had to resort to this young fellow !

Dave