Too Hot For Steam Engines !

 Week Commencing11th August 2025

Monday

Another hot one , myself and Paul did an early morning gas bottle change , Paul did other things this time and I headed to Broadway via Winchcombe .

Kevin from C and W had donated a selection of Bric a Brac which needed picking up and delivering back to Broadway to be sorted out .

One of the bins lids had a habit of closing on peoples heads if they weren't careful , Kevin devised a prop so i could stay put when the station staff changed the bins.

Takes nearly 2 hours to water the gardens nowadays , this one at the bottom of the drive, its in the sun most of the day and is the thirstiest , but still looks good.

Kevin gave the weeds /grass a mow around the garden.

Dry weather has seen the pine trees starting to drop some of the needles earlier than normal , meaning out came Billy for a run up and down.

Poor old Billy looked in a state after and needed a hose down but it came up looking like new afterwards.

Wednesday

Up to 3 today ! and another hot day.

Over on platform 2 , the back wall rises slowly but surely.

Poor wheel barrow seen better days , tyre cracked and inner tube perished .

Bob joined us today for a job just up his street , 3 bricks had come loose in the wall behind the kiosk.

Another job to look at was by the signal box on platform 2, the gate doesn't latch any more ! some thing has dropped a bit ?

Bob sorted the brick work out , just got to be careful with the mowers on that section of grass.

Too hot for the Steam engines this week due to the fire risks so out came the 2 Diesels !

Class 50 " RODNEY " and the Class 47 "47105 "

Dave