Wednesday the 9th August and at last a dry day with blue sky.

first task was cleaning up the threads on the gate valve body bolts.

A two man lift and a car got the pump onto the station by the museum carriage where it was reassembled.

Later on it was identified and the casting words highlighted.

Greg had been skip dipping and found a child's toy from years ago.

He also found a guillotine in need of renovation.

This was lightly shot blasted, freed off and repainted.

Next was some off site work as Greg had sponsored some new road signage to help get more visitors into the railway.

The first got mounted on the old garden centre poles up the Stanway Road.

The second required some vegetation clearance on the Broadway Road.

when getting the car in to move the water valve I opened an old GWR gate and the rusted welds on the top hinge failed so Greg had a strip grind and reweld job on

An 1864 tin chest that has seen better days has been straightened out ready for cleaning and soldering

The dry weather suited the cleaning and welding the cab floor frame and bottom rear panel repair

The old lathe has stood untouched outside for a few months now and rust was taking hold again so a wire wheel in a drill followed by lanolin and it is looking better and getting near being moved to the Foss Cross building as a display item.