Wednesday May 1st summer has arrived at last the sun is out.

First job a quick repair of the iron gates.

The shrub stump is down to ground level so the lawn mower clears it.

The rear of Taylor office is rotten so needs replacing.

The Victorian floor joists are being used again so smooth the face and top then bevel the top edge.

The longest board was to short so two were used with an overlapping joint the pick axe was needed to lever the new board in against a shed wall that was bowing out

Finally fully in against the shed and secure

A quick coat of primer and job looks good.

The mower up the side and the shrubs trimmed and we have access.

It was then off to Hayles Halt to tidy the waiting shelter as the paint has faded. A rub down to get the bleached paint off it then a wipe with varnish diluted with white spirit applied with rags.

As we arrived the steam service was going past.

The sun bleached paint against the first application of varnish

We ran out of time so some more left for another time.