Platform 2 has to have it !

 Week Commencing 9th June 2025

Monday

Just Kevin , Peter and myself on the Monday .

The cowslips have finally had their day so Kevin tidied up around the GWSR garden , and did a bit of arranging of the stones for the letters .

Gas bottles needed changing down at Toddington , so I found 2 new temporary helpers , as poor Ian is off with Knee problems.

Time later to start again on the area behind platform 2 .

Kevin started on the wrong side. !

Wednesday

More action over on Platform 2 new build , more internal block work , hidden by the north wall .

Just Kevin and myself today but we seamed to do quite a lot. Myself with the petrol strimmer taking on the big stuff and Kevin with the battery version took on the grassy areas. 

Most of  the area opposite platform 1 had been cleared.

The area behind the gabions was a different matter , mostly wild plants mixed with brambles ! This time I used the petrol brush cutter , and Kevin had the battery version . Just needs racking down and tiding up , leave that till Monday as both of us were exhausted.

One mystery was who put this in the car park garden ? A bit of colour in a green garden.

 

Dave

First week of Summer

 Week Commencing 2nd June 2025

Monday

Just Myself , Kevin and Peter on a bright summers day . Poor Ian's done his knee in so maybe a none attendance for a couple of weeks ?

Peter took the mower down the drive , trying to keep on top of the weeds.

Kevin with the trimmer , edged the edges .

Myself tackled the back of platform 1 with the petrol strimmer.

And that was about it for the Monday.

Wednesday

On platform 2 nothing obvious could be seen , except the internal block work is slowly rising especially on the northern end.

Up to 4 on Wednesday , Chris and Dave with Kevin headed mob handed down the drive to remove the cones and broken branches after the previous days rain.

Too many twisted ankles caused by too many cones , Kevin filled the wheelbarrow and Dave emptied .

Just the 3 barrow full today.

Chris on the other side of the drive took to removing dandelions .

Myself took to the bank on platform 2 especially behind the containers with the petrol strimmer and brush cutter , from my lofty position 2807 trunddled by on its run around.

No mow May came to an end today on platform 2 !

The other Locos on duty today were 3850 and D6948

Dave

After the Gala

 Week Commencing 26th May 2025

Last Bank Holiday weekends gala stretched into Monday so only the Wednesday working this week.

Wednesday

Last weeks work on the corner wall finished after I did one of my rescue missions .

One colour I missed out  , was for the yellow timetable ( the Gala Timetable ) , lack of paint locally meant it had been delayed , its now ready for the Diesel Gala.

After the last rain the Kitchen down pipe was blocked again with needles , a bit of pipe dismantling and a long arm down the outlet soon removed a large amount of needles and its now readyfor the next down pour.

Chris and his son were with us today , more needles and cones swept up from the drive.

Whilst Dave removed the last of the gala signs .

Kevin has finally got sprouting seedlings.

One of the visiting Locomotives decided to coat the benches with a layer of soot which proved a removal challenge for Kevin.

Seen later delivering some Crocosmia to the sitting area. 

Locomotives on duty today were " P & O " , 2807 and on the later train The Class 45 

Dave

Run up to the Gala

 Week Commencing 20th May 2025

Just a week before the Bank Holiday and our Cotswold Festival of Steam , so it a final push to getting the Station looking its best.

Monday

A quick mow of the driveway grass , saw Ron on the top half and myself doing the bottom.

Kevin tidied up the triangle garden and planted a small tree that nobody could remember what it was ! 

After mowing Ron got to do a bit of weeding .

Ian was on the top strimming the edges.

When I said a bit of weeding , a barrow full or 2 

After a bit of Cafe housekeeping Mike cleaned and painted the white line on platform 2.

All that grass cutting left a bit of a mess on the drive , so we gave ` Billy ` a run out .

Wednesday

Platform 2 has seen more brick work on the far end

A bit of a tidy up under the canopy of the Station Building especially by the wall.

The driveway manhole had a clean out too , except for this stubborn one which refused to budge.

The rocks from the bottom garden got moved up the corner where Ron, Ian and Kevin tried their hand at Cotswold stone walling .

Myself did a bit of colouring in with the new timetable signs , today it is purple !

The 2 Class 2800s were on duty today, 2807  and 3850

Hope those of you coming to the Gala have a great time , myself I'm doing Crossing monitor Duties at

Cheltenham Racecourse on Saturday and Winchcombe on Sunday , so give us a wave.

Dave

Low on numbers !

 Week Commencing 12th May 2025

Monday

Day started off well weather wise for the 4 volunteers that turned up 

Peters job today was to extend the door fasteners on the café door ! The café staff had a problem getting to the fasteners due to them being too high , his solution was to use a longer rod and move the mechanism lower.

Kevin infilled the GWSR sign with decorative stone .

Ian was on the battery brush cutter behind platform 1.

Myself was cutting the grass on platform 1 when the heavens opened up !

Thunder and lightening and torrental rain , time to go home .

Wednesday

Nice Sunny warm day , but still only 4 of us.

Plus the Ravens basking in the morning sun.

Back to cutting the grass on 1 !

The new garden has had a few plants planted in it. Still looks a bit sparse , hopefully they will eventually bush out and fill in the spaces . 

Kevin finished what Ian had started.

All the way to the badger run.

A request from the station staff kept me busy in the afternoon , any guesses what they are for ?

3 locos on duty today were , Foremarke Hall , 3850 and on the afternoon train the Class 20

Dave