8th August 2010

First up is a denial from the Weighbridge Teas staff who state that there is no rumour that they bribe locos to fail at Levisham so their takings go up!
Elsewhere, the exhibition van has had its second top coat applied on the yard side and the NER van has received undercoat on the station side. Painting continues elsewhere with the recovered guttering receiving undercoat and main marquee poles have been cleaned down and repainted. Several wagon underframes have been cleaned down and the headstocks repainted where necessary. Thanks to Alexa, Lesley, Tony2 and Malcolm for this. The shock van has had its door fixings recessed to allow them to fit properly whilst work continues removing metalwork from the yard side of the VEA ready for its repair and repaint. Spare ‘wriggly tin’ ends have been prepared to replace the rotten ends of the shock open wagon. Thanks to Tony, James and Chris for all this.
The water butt for the vegetable patch north of the level crossing has had its outlet tap fitted which will cheer up Richard as it will mean less distance carrying his watering can. Work has also continued fitting out the paddock hut and spare metal shelving has been dismantled and placed into store. Elsewhere in the paddock, one of the corner manhole surrounds has settled so this has been lifted and sorted. Thanks to Stephen, Brian, Chris (again) and Michael.
We have also produced our first vegetable sales this year with a selection of fresh cabbages, beetroot and beans going ‘like hot cakes’. There will be more to come so pop down and you may strike it gold!