End of May Round Up

Here are a couple of items that I missed whilst otherwise occupied.

Just to prove that volunteering on the Cambrian is not all about drinking tea, Colin caught Tim and Henry in mid drilling session.  Tim on the drill is doing one of the holes that were later filled with resin to attach the anchor studs. It won't be too long before we reach the cattle creep.

Next up is our Multi Purpose Vehicle. we do try to get the maximum value from all donations and that includes making the best use of equipment.  That might look like an ordinary dumper truck but it is so much more.  Here it is in sleeper shifter mode, collecting them together to be sorted and worked on.  Amongst its many other uses is a vital role as mobile tea stand.

Here you can see some of the prepared track bed and the ballast screener on the right, the moles have come back again!

Thanks to Colin for the pictures.
This week the last of the items to remove to allow the contractors to start work was moved away from the work area.  We should soon have the equipment on site to start the dig.  I wonder what we will find buried under the ballast?

Work is now shifting to beyond the excavation site and the 9th/10th June will see another push on preparing the way.  The next big working weekend after is the 14th/15th July when we will once again work on the way to the cattle creep.  Weston is getting closer!

The Thursday gang were busy in many locations, tidying up around Oswestry North, changing the odd sleeper on the running line, working at the excavation site and also on the coach.  Things are moving along now.  Why not come along and have a look.

Until next time.