What a scorcher!

After last years all seasons wetness, it is nice to have some warm and dry weather. Although working at the Rocks By Rail Museum today I could have done with it being less scorching as I mowed the grass. 

The cut grass seemed to turn a dry yellow before I had even got from one end of the cut to the other. Hopefully that may mean that the remaining grass will not grow as much!

Whilst I was doing the cutting, David was busy erecting the new flag pole. We used to have one apparently but not sure what happened to it but we have a new one from which to fly flags such as the VE celebration flag or indeed the Rutland flag whilst the County still exists before local government changes.

Of course, when there is a lifetable hollow tube in his hands, David has to do a Lord Nelson impression - 'Ships? What ships! I see no ships!' In this case perhaps the word train should have replaced ship!

Despite the clownery, the flagpole is erected and flying the Rutland flag although with no wind today the flag was a bit limp - just like me!

There will be trains on Sunday and Monday and the track is now just about fully ballasted, jacked and packed so we need to reinstate the pedestrian crossing to get guests across the line. Not easy on a hot day where the crossings have been constructed from large and heavy timber.

It is nearly all back in place! Talk about progress - I call that scorching progress!