The Week before Christmas

Week Commencing 18th December

Just the 2 of us on Monday , Peter K and myself , the weather was inclement so we both took to sheltering out of the rain.

Peter was under the Station canopy applying knotting solution to the tongue and grooved boards  that are being used for making the Cheltenham rubbish bins.

Whilst I was down in the container, cutting lengths of wood for the frames.

Wednesday

Up to 5 today , Brian , Pat and Ian joined us for a while

Pat was having a go at removing an old tree stump , Brian was applying Varnish to another Bench in the warmth of the ladies toilet. Ian was in the Broadway Goods Shed sorting out new donations.

Outside Peter was persevering with the Knotting.

And down at the other end, I was cutting the Knotted planks into lengths for the front , rear and sides .

Before we left the Running in board was put in the Ladies to dry out , ready for refurbishment when  we return,

After lunch we sort of said our Christmas wishes and drifted away , end of another year at Broadway Station !

May wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 

Dave

 

Platform 2 start !

 Week commencing 11th December 2023

3 of us braved the weather on Monday , Myself , Brian and Pat .The wind had ripped some of the banners off the fencing , replacing the would have to wait till Wednesday. 

My mission was to move the camera to  a better position to get a view of the start and on going progress with the platform 2 building.

Brian thought it was dry enough to get " Billy " out and clean up the car park and drive..

Whilst Pat was using the strimmer under the hedge .

Wednesday

Looking from the bridge , work had started on the site of the new building the area had begun to be levelled.

A couple more had joined us for Wednesday's session , Chris and his son. plus Vic in the morning., seen below working on the small garden.

Extra hand  allowed us to take down the platform 2 running in board for eventual refurbishment.

The ladies toilet is being used for an area for painting and at the moment one of the benches is in there being varnished by Brian .The running in board is now in the queue !

Chris was spotted down the drive , Pat went off to check on the Gas bottles hoping they would last till the end of the year.

Dave was working on the new bins for Cheltenham , a suitable internal bin has been sourced ,so the letter box hole could be cut and then the wooden bin can now be glued and screwed.

Hope the new position of the camera is to everybody's satisfaction ?

Dave

Cold and Wet

 Week Commencing 4th December 2023

    Just a small number of us on Monday ,weather was wet to say the least ,

First job was to get the new bin which eventually with 6 others are destined for Cheltenham Racecourse station. It was going to be picked up by a member of their group and he was going to find a suitable bin to go inside it . our suppler of bins has disappeared ( Wilko ) !

Brian was in the dry ( Ladies toilet ) finishing of his board , whist 

Dave was fixing all the surroundings to his notice board.

Before he and Pat headed down to Toddington to do a bottle change.

Wednesday

 A very cold start , just Brian and Dave.

Dave to keep warm started to scrape the bank of the many leaves.

And Brian took to the sunny part of th platform to brush up the debris.

Paul visited us to sort out the new router ! ( changed it back to the old one ) and last night I managed to get the camera's back on the blog , so enjoy. Next week camera 2 may be switched off for a while , whilst it is moved to a new position .

Dave