Monday 21 October
The forecast on Sunday said high pressure was heading for the UK, it's going to be a dry week! Plans were laid to get out to Culvert 24A to crack on with the rebuild of the down side chamber and bask in the autumn sunshine. In the real world, it didn't quite turn out like that. Monday morning was wet and miserable, and with 6 of us in, finding something to do in the dry became the priority. Luckily, there was a task (on our list of 220 outstanding jobs) that has been waiting since early this year. That job is making moulds for casting the numerals for the milepost heads. That kept everyone busy for long enough to decide that the grey was getting lighter. Then we loaded up and headed off to Gretton, again by the scenic route as the road in Greet has been closed now 😖
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| Number patterns in place, Roger cuts a divider |
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Mould casing, more extra's than Ben Hur 😃
(Photo: Alastair) |
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| We just have to wait and see it it works |
Moulds completed, we loaded up and moved out. Roger and Alastair headed to Culvert 24A to pick-up the rebuild work. Dave, Nigel and Andrew dropped off at Culvert 24C up side ditch to clear the vegetation. Stuart went to talk to the farmer about a report of flooding into the field from our outlet ditch.
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| The barometric pressure is so high, the top of Bredon Hill has disappeared |
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| Setting up camp for the day |
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| Culvert 24A down side starting point |
The area around the south end of the tunnel has a tendency to be wet, the up side pond has started to fill
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| Gretton Meadow up side pond |
Down at Culvert 24C...
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| Culvert 24C up side ditch |
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| Dave starts in the middle |
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| Andrew attacks the culvert outfall |
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| Nigel cuts along the fenceline |
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| The gang working on Culvert 24C down side |
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| Now we have started work, Bredon Hill disappears |
Lineside clearance are working south from Working Lane bridge, this picks up at least 2 of the culverts
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| What's left of Culvert 25B up side headwall |
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| Freshly cleared ditch 25B to 25A |
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| Clearance not reached Culvert 25C yet |
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| Spoke too soon, Bredon Hill's back |
Over in the adjacent field there's signs of seepage, but no flooding as yet
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| Over the hedge near Culvert 24B |
After leaving the railway, the steam from Culvert 24C enters another pipe under the adjacent land and reappears in the next field to run in an open ditch.
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| The end of the line for Culvert 24C |
Back at 24C a large ball of plastic netting has been recovered, this was dumped after the landslip repairs. It's gone to the skip at last.
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| Break time |
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| Culvert 24C outlet ditch after cutting |
Up at 24A down side, Roger is getting the walls levelled up
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| Removing the old copings from the headwall |
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Roger with a stock of imperial blues
(Photo: Alastair) |
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Andrew and Dave head south
(Photo: Alastair) |
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Culvert 24B down side
(Photo: Alastair) |
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| Culvert 24B Down side |
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| Culvert 24B Headwall with roots |
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| Culvert 24C up side outfall, no headwall |
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| Culvert 24C fenceline outlet |
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| Culvert 24C down side ditch after raking out |
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| Andrew climbing back up form Culvert 24C down side |
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| Culvert 24C down side headwall, top course and copings need reseating |
Progress on 24A, all 4 walls have bricks on them, it needs another few courses yet
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| Culvert 24A, crest drain headwall |
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| Culvert 24A, culvert pipe |
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| Culvert 24A, concrete backfill behind the outside wall |
That's it for today, by the time we loaded up, the Malvern Hills were visible, by then we were all wet 😒
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| Malvern in the distance |
I was wondering how well all your work (culerts and drains cleared and exposed) had dealt with the down pours on Friday and Saturday Seems you had got much of the clearance of vegetation done just in time?
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