Monday 24 September
With a tear in the eye Dave and Stuart headed off to Stanton to clear out the welfare cabin and do some last bits of tidying the site. As it was Monday, they forgot the key, the diesel for topping up the generator and the mop for the floors. This wasn't such a disaster as team Roger had headed off to Culvert 24A behind the Royal Oak at Gretton and they hadn't taken enough cement and concreting ballast. This meant that the Stanton crew could bring more supplies to Gretton while looking superior and sneakingly grabbing the kit they had forgotten 😀
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| Leaving Stanton with supplies |
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Sand delivery, bag holding is a risky job if you upset the person with the shovel
(Photo: Alastair) |
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| New home for the mixer |
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New footing going in on the missing wall
(Photo: Alastair) |
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| More bricks coming off, stripping back to something solid |
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Culvert 24A, Roger laying bricks on the back wall
(Photo: Alastair) |
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Culvert 24A, End of the day
(Photo: Alastair) |
Andrew got to put his new brushcutter skills into use today, carrying on where Michael left off on Saturday clearing the ditch down to Culvert 24B.
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Andrew just beyond Culvert 24B
(Photo: Alastair) |
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Some of the willow is too tough for brushcutting!
(Photo: Alastair) |
Eventually the Stanton cleanup got underway.
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| Domestic chores done |
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| Dave cuts the up side north quarter |
The job has completed, it's been a long drag...
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| 11A down side in May 2019 |
By September it looks like this...
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| Down side cess outlet |
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| Culvert 11A down side inlet and cess outfall |
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| Culvert 11A inlet channel |
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| Bridge 11 gully drains |
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| Culvert 11A down side from the bridge |
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| Culvert 11A up side with repaired brick arch |
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Culvert 11A outfall with gully pipe and
pipe for Culvert 11B connection |
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| Culvert 11B up side from the bridge |
The up side was like this...
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| 11A up side as it was being uncovered |
Well done team, you've all put a lot of effort into this one and it shows, you have been awarded ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Tuesday 24 September
Quick visit to Stanton to off-hire the welfare unit and it coincided with an overnight shower and more morning rain. It's not often we get to see the drains in action, usually staying at home when it rains 😉
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| It'll be back soon, hopefully |
And did it rain...
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| 11A up side outlet with gully drain running well |
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| Bridge 11, this would have been flooded 3 weeks ago |
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| Water streaming in off the field |
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| 11A inlet and cess drain outfall |
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| Down side cess ditch |
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| Down side cess headwall |
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| 11A Up side from above |
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| 11A down side from above |
This prompted a quick look along at Culvert 11B, to see the effect of one night of rain, it probably proves why we need to get the 11A-11B carrier drain installed.
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| 11B outlet under the hedge |
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| 11B outlet backing up |
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| 11B north inlet ditch |
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| Wet patch north of 11B |
Lastly while passing a check on Culvert 45A...
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| Culvert 45A up side, deeper than last time |
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| 45A downstream, Wyman's Brook |
Congratulations. What a fantastic accomplishment. It has been fascinating to read about, and the result has been so worthwhile. Kudos to all the team for all they do, but especially for Stanton.
ReplyDelete10 star never mind 5
ReplyDeleteB****y Marvellous, thanks for these phots of the fully functioning drainage channels, should get the Midlands News cameras along much more interesting than the endless politics,
ReplyDeletePowli
Send this off to the railway mags via ian Crowder , helps keep the GWSR in the spotlight each month , showing before and after photos of work in progress .A terrific effort as always from the LD dept . john M.
ReplyDeleteFor that engineering achievement, you should all be made honourary Romans!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see it properly in full function.
Mark