Wednesday the 20th September a day with heavy showers and no sun so lets work outside down the line.

First job a minor repair as the glue had failed on the so AA box sign lower frame and the glass had fallen out so now it is  bolted on. looks like we need to get some decent yellow paint on there as well.

Then it was on with the Bishops Cleeve lamp hut one of the few original structures on the railway.

Greg had removed the cast iron window frame ready for repair as the centre glazing bar was missing.

Time for the walk to the hut and finish bolting down the new corrugated roof

The broken door hinge was removed and welded up, refitting meant we then had a working door although the wind tried to break it.

The door needed some straightening and the bottom out corner needed trimming to clear the signal box step and walkway

Greg has been busy stripping the loose paint off the outside ready for a colour change to the old GWR colour scheme

The manufacturers plate has been removed to see what can be done with it as it is faded and painted over

cleaning up the cast frame and welding in a new mild steel glazing bar which was not the easiest task without stainless mig wire.

but we succeeded and got to put some paint on.

The window was the refitted to the hut by two wet volunteers 

Then Foremarke Hall came along on it's way to Cheltenham for a photo opportunity with a tidier looking hut.

The final task of the day was to carry the old rotten corrugated roof to the scrap metal skips again the strong wind made life interesting.