Tuesday 21st - One million, not out!

Sometime during the evening of Sunday 18th October our overall viewings total passed the one million mark.  Alex set up the current blog in September 2020 so this amazing total has been achieved in just over five years.

Viewing the blog statistics for midday Wednesday 22nd October: -

All time : 1002635

Today : 175

Yesterday : 614

This month : 13348

Last month : 22435

Number of posts : 1046

Number of comments : 2035

Coverage is literally worldwide.

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From Alex and the blogging team, many thanks to all our readers for your support and very kind compliments over the past five years.

Here's to the next five!

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Just a few scattered photos today as I was busy with work on RMB 1876 and beginning the preparation for this coming weekend's Autumn Showcase gala, the last of our regular running before the November race weekend and the Santa Specials for the run up to Christmas.

 

The day began as always with our early cuppa and chat in the Mess Room. Robert was dressed ready for another Schools WW2 Evacuation Experience day and, having just got in after his 80 mile drive from Pontypridd, was enjoying his cup of tea and bacon bap (reheated in the microwave).

Bacon baps are always enticing hence the hand reaching out! Never mind Maurice, the griddle on Platform 1 will be up and running again over the gala weekend.

Oh dear, how did this happen?! Of the twin doors into the Woodshop it looks like something crashed into the bolted one and in so doing badly damaged the top section. Chris has begun the repairs which hopefully can be completed on Saturday.

Tony continues the black glossing of the chassis on the weed spraying wagon.

Paul cleans up one of the good planks at the south end of the Mink D van, while Maurice power brushes the headstock.

1876 is certainly providing a lot of work. Phil attaches the internal stops for the centre door droplight on the Cotswold side.

Robert uses a template to assess what is required to repair the liner on the Malvern side south door.

David and I (when I wasn't running around doing other things) spent much of the day trying to get the final secondary filling and sanding completed on the Cotswold side. We managed that and then got the north half patch painted where required.

Ainsley meanwhile got the Malvern side wiped down and greyed up the window frames.

Phil kept Keith busy with a seemingly endless supply of toilet compartment bits from SO 4798 for varnishing and painting - window frames, shelf bits, waste bins. No doubt there will be yet more to come.

For Keith and I it was back to gala preparation, basically getting the many aspects stored ready for assembly and mounting on Thursday and first thing Saturday. The predicted weather for Thursday is not good so preparation will be mainly internal, with the outside stuff set up on Saturday. Hopefully the weather will be kinder over the weekend.