Wednesday 14th - We were not there really!

 It turned out to be a change of day for us metal workers, due to other commitments at home.

Please imagine this was Wednesday and not Thursday. We had been notified of a number of jobs .....

First job of the day was to remove the badly corroded door bottom on the P way mess coach, and make a new section and weld it in place. The wood frame is not too bad, so its all done and just needs the painters skills to make it look as good as the rest.

Door skins are always a challenge, look out for Dave's update next week.

34929 Rex made and fitted metal door thresholds to both sides of the disabled vestibule.

Another step towards the finish of a very long refurbishment.

Bryan carried on with w/shop jobs, the bench grinder brackets are now painted and it was decided the new LED light fitting should be nearer the wall and a little higher. All done and much more user friendly.

Gerry surveying the next door skin, we will use a wood frame as a template to make sure we have the right shape.

A lovely day, so it was lunch by the station ......

And watch the train come through, en route to Cheltenham.

It's so nice to see them running again.

We are probably the best train watchers on the railway.

I apologise if I have missed anyone on this blog, should be back to normal by next week.

A couple of photos and a paragraph from Richard from Wednesday proper of progress on the Mink arrived in the editor's inbox just in time:

"The story for Wednesday....we removed the roof hoops and timbers and the old canvas. Clearing the hundreds of bolt holes and rechecking measurements. Next step is to remove the old floor planks which are crumbling to dust....then grit blasting, a few metal repairs and a check on the braking system."

Apparently they are ahead of schedule and so are taking Saturday off - is this allowed!!?? Ed.