Week Ending 3 October
Nights are drawing in fast now, the summer has left us for another year. It's been another bitty week, Dave and Nigel went up to Stanton on Monday to break up the old palisade fence that was dumped after the gateway repair then they nipped down to Bridge 11 to get the vegetation back under control.
Pictures from Dave.
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Nigel chopping the palisade into manageable bits
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| That was hard work |
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More for the scrap skip
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The farm track under the Bridge 11 needs to be fenced off, hence the need to clear the ends of the wing walls and the ditches
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Down side south wing wall
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Up side south wing wall
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Up side north wing wall with Culvert 11A
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Up side cess ditch outfall
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Down side north wing wall and gabions
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Dave left the Michaelmas Daisy clump as they add to the bio-diversity of that corner. It could be the start of a flower garden.
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Flowers still growing
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It's the first time the gang has been out when trains are running, P&O and Foremarke Hall were doing the honours today.
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35006 P&O heads south from Broadway
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Thursday was inspection day, Andrew and Martin went down from Greet Tunnel to Gotherington to check the jobs to do list and record any new jobs need doing. Milepost replacement is on the list, it's one of those jobs that keeps getting gazumped by more important things.
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| The view from atop of Greet Tunnel |
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Drains behind the wing wall need to be cleared*
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*The tunnel wing wall drain clearance is on hold until fall arrest equipment becomes available.
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| Hollow Blocks removed from the down side cess drain |
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| Down side cess at Royal Oak tidied up |
We have neighbours who think the railway is a storage compound...
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Embankment toe storage area
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The mileposts will eventually all be the GWR wooden tops, black numerals on a white background
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| Metal BR style milepost |
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Mock GWR Milepost
UPVC fascia board with PVC numerals
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| Debris catching in the outlet fence, Culvert 32A |
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Culvert 33B up side headwall
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The weather closed in early for the weekend, so the Friday gang stayed at home. There's no point in getting wet if you don't have to 😉
Thanks for the update on the activities from the drainage gang - perhaps you need a new title given the scope of work you undertake.
ReplyDeleteLooks like an opportunity for some storage charges there!
Malcolm
"Storage" charges are worth considering, it at least establishes that the items concerned are on GWT land with legal permission, and hopefully maintains goodwill.
ReplyDeletePowli Wilson
We are with Powli on this with the amount of debris being dumped over the fence, it's obvious where it it has come from, send them an invoice for £500 for storage or rubbish removal if not removed within 14 days, they will soon get the message!
ReplyDeleteWell done the team, another great report and pictures.
Regards
Paul & Marion