A sign of spring was the return of the trains - the winter is definitely over!
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| Tony stares in awe - what is this big hissing rumbling thing? And what is that big yellow thing in the sky? A vague memory stirs..... |
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| Sections 70m and 80m begin to rise. |
The gang managed to get a course of reds on the 50m
section, one course of blues and reds on the 70m section and two courses
of blues on the 80m section, plus a course of reds. How quickly the 80m section rose out of nothing. The end of the brick piles marks the half way point in the distance.
Monday is our usual CRC2 day, and with great weather and a good gang expected we should make excellent progress. Drier weather and longer days should now make an impact on productivity. For one thing, we won't have to bail out the site before we start! Against that is the return of (money making) trains and next week is race week too, we will have to wave our work permits vigorously at the gates in order to get in.
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Yes, Spring has apparently sprung.
I was thinking such thoughts whilst downing a coffee (white, no sugar) at the Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust (S&DRT) at Washford this afternoon. Happy Spring to volunteer colleagues at the G&WR and at Cheltenham Race Course in particular.
Was lovely to see the trains going past, at C&W we returned to our custom of having tea and then watching the trains cross at Winchcombe :D
Will Sunday too become a regular working day, or was it just an excuse to watch the trains go by?
excellent work as ever, I look forward to boarding a train on platform two some day...
It was Saturday actually. My wife was Booking Office Clerk at CRC so I managed to get an extra day in!! Bob W
First visit for me to CRC with the New platform 2. It looks great I've taken a photo and I'm using design of first three courses structure for the retaining wall on my drive.
Graham
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