Monday 24th - Mary's Birthday

 As so often the first shot is Paul, Peter and Tim washing the outside. Cotswold side again, the rake seems to get stabled here on the current timetable.

Inside I found Lynn and Greg.

Then in to "Mary", where I found Nigel giving it a "birthday". With 13 of us for 1 rake and a bubblecar it was a rare opportunity.

In the picture above he was brushing down a seat and below 2 more ready for treatment.

Not only was Nigel removing the cushions he was also checking down between the seats and side panelling. That was fortunate! Along with the usual bits of paper and tickets he found - a Porsche car key! Kev J was on hand to give out the new Rule Books and he mentioned a Porsche was left overnight in the car park after one of the Race Trains and disappeared the next day. Was that the owner who lost the key and had to go home to get the spare in order to retrieve the car? Key is now with lost property.

While Nigel was doing that I was using the GTech in Mary. It had been well used, which is good.

After the Gtech treatment all was well. (The remaining marks are ingrained/worn carpet)

I had to leave after tea break (not before!) leaving several of the others to go down to the bubblecar. Rest of the team today was John M, John S, Rich, Roger C, Steve and Val.