Vegetaional butchery reveals - a litter bin!

There is always time for a chat at the Rocks By Rail Museum and in this case it is about further stripping down of steam locomotive 1391 with Richard, Gary and John either discussing how to get the safety valves off or has anyone seen Rob?

Well, it must have been about the safety valves!

AS with anything on a steam engine, it is all about big parts and big tools to get them off as John attaches a tube to the end of a spanner (or wrench for anyone across the Atlantic) to get more leverage..

Meanwhile I found the missing Rob who decided it was a good idea to lie under the loco. He said he was undoing some bolts but....

I think he had a snack in his latest workshop addition of this oversized plastic shopping bag for his tools.Good job Riley the dog was not about!

In the Exhibition Centre, John is continuing flatting the existing paint on Mr. D in readiness for a fresh coat. 

There is an awful lot of work there but John has the will to get it done.

It is the same with David, who is digging out the embankment in readiness to create a viewing platform using Gambian baskets - I need to show those once in place as a picture will explain far better than my ramblings! A lot of digging to go but he will get it done.

For me, it was another day of vegetational butchery, however with something different! This mightlook like a drum of cable for my Last Great Project model railway layout but it is actually a drum of nylon strimmer cable!

I had to put new cable into the strimmer drum so that I could use this exceptional vegetational butchery assistant!

Amongst other places where the strimmer did its business, I ventured into the bone yard where many exciting bits are hidden in the overgrowth.

After an hour or so the exciting bits, such as the litter bin were revealed!

Still a lot to cut back but it is interesting to find what is in there even if it is a litter bin!