Saturday 3rd - Getting Back in the Routine

 It's definitely good to be back! 12 in today, with some distinct hair dos (!) as we gradually settled back in to the new normal.

First of all it was great to see John O back after some time, it wasn't the same without your dulcet tones John!

After "moving in" to the newly arranged workshop he set to with welding some signal lamp cases up.

There was quite a collection to work through.

Also in the workshop was Alan, connecting up some of the electrics for the new lights as part of the re-arrangement:

There was good progress on BSK 34929 in the paintshop today, albeit none of it involving paint. Steve was once again in the north vestibule continuing the rebuild:

While in the wood work shop, Dave, who normally comes in on a Wednesday, joined us and was chiselling out the space for the hinges and lock on what looks to me like the door for the panel in the picture above:

Also in the wood work shop was Chris, working on one of the many doors for the BSK, although for some reason that photo has disappeared - the perils of a touchscreen phone when your fingers are covered in filler I suspect!

Meanwhile upstairs in upholstery Jenny, after doing a grand job of cleaning the mess room ("We can't have Paul coming back to that!") was occupied with luggage racks:

Some of them were a bit grotty!

And some were beyond salvage, so John H had been doing some 'homework' knitting some new ones:

While today focusing on a chair from what looks like the RBr?

The barn was again a hive of activity today, not only on the P'way BG but also mechanical checks on TSO 4787. John:

Andy (L) and Ian (R) were all involved, with ride height checked before lifting the body off its bogies for further inspection.

With Ian setting us the challenging target of completing the BG in 3 weeks, there's no time for slacking! The aim for the end of today was to complete all the filling and sanding on the Cotswold side, so Pam (L) Dave, and I cracked on:

We almost got there, on Tuesday we just need to sand down a couple of small patches that Dave decided needed a little more filler to finish off, then a big wipe down and we can grey up this side.

 

Hopefully that'll be it for lockdowns now, it really was good to be back this week, and with so much for us to get on with, we just want to get stuck in now!