Week Commencing 30th September 2024
Monday
More rain for the 3 of us that turned up at Broadway Today , the picture below shows the general state of the station after the weekends wind and rain.
A job carried over from last week was the unblocking of the drains and down pipes. Ron below was working at the bottom whist I was clearing the pipe from above. Ian of course was holding the ladder.
That one sorted we moved on to the kitchen end of the station , more dismantling of the down pipe and drain just to get to the sump , which we found was clogged up with muck and pine needles.
Whilst we down that end we investigated where all the drains went for future reference , which included lifting the lid on the big manhole , But we dropped half of the lid into it and some mug had to retrieve it , luckily for me it was a dry manhole.
Wednesday
After more rain this was the state of platform 1 to the south. Ron and I managed before the passengers arrived to clear most of it off the platform
The drive way and footpath were next , and it was too wet for " Billy " but many hands make light work , we were joined by Chris and his son and did it the old way with brooms and brushes.
One less sign now at the bottom of the drive !
All quite on platform 2 .
Cold days are approaching and Ron has found a Jacket to keep him warm and dry.
Pat had the petrol strimmer out behind platform 2.
Afternoon saw more cleaning up around the seating area.
Only 1 steam engine on show today and that was " P & O " the other mode of transport was the DMU.
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