Wednesday 23rd Oct a heavy dew start but then lovely sun so outside it is the painting jobs are time consuming so not a great variety today.

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Greg has been busy sign writing the Hayles Abbey Halt sign with other stations and stops

                             

Autumn is here and nature is carpeting the ground with leaves but then blows them around with the wind so some sweeping required as it is the last big weekend of the open season before the Christmas trains run.

The museum coach door stop had come adrift so one new screw and wooden dowel cured one fixing the other had sheared off so required drilling to fit a new brass crosshead.

With the Gala weekend coming up the Scammel needed a good clean after months of being stood by the track with steam engines passing regularly, luckily the heavy dew on this nice autumnal morning meant the lorry was very wet so a large bath towel was applied to wipe it clean.

The Honeybourne building painted a few years ago has suffered from nature again with paint cracking and lifting as the rain water was getting in under it, so flaking paint off, damp areas dried, gaps filled  and sanded then primed this time with an aerosol to get a thin penetrating layer on so hopefully it will adhere better than the brush painted a GWR dark stone top coat was applied to dry areas.