A dry but bracing day greeted the gang up at M&FM. After the usual catching up with cups of tea and biscuits, the gang divided up. Keith B and Adrian N went down to Alresford, and Pete and Keith H went off up to Alton on the track inspections. Eddie, Martin W, and Ian R, carried on checking and later replacing 8 x R.N.B.6 track fastenings down the line towards Ropley. Adrian C and Corina took the company truck to collect some reinforcing rod from a local supplier. John stayed behind to strike the moulds for the concrete chipping bin components cast on the previous Saturday.
A brief break from work activities was taken mid morning, with Adrian C, Corina, Ian R, Eddie, and Martin W meeting up with the Alresford line walkers for the obligatory breakfast baps at the West Country Buffet, where a local cat took a liking to Ian R and in particular the bacon in his bap!
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Corina went off up to the gradient post under Boyneswood Bridge to start repainting work.
After lunch, Adrian C, Corina, Keith H, Keith B, and Adrian N, joined by Martin B went up to Northside Crossing to do some bank clearance to improve sightlines.
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| A shot of the 9F at Northside Crossing |
......and Eddie, Martin W, and Ian R spent the afternoon at M&FM refurbishing R.N.B.6 components, and making up complete assemblies for future replacement work.
That’s one of his nine lives used up! Fair dos, there was plenty of bacon to go round. If only they’d cooked it a bit more. A half decent vet could have brought that lot back to life!
ReplyDeleteWhile replacing the RNBs Martin W demonstrated a trick he learnt as a boy scout (no, not that one!). Using a twig, split at one end to act as tweezers, he was able to clear the slot in the sleeper of chippings and dirt. He’s not just a pretty face!