Wednesday 11 April
By about 10 am this morning, both girders for Bridge No 1 had been put in place over the stream, and work was beginning on bolting in the cross-members and walkways. Elsewhere rails were being laid out ready for welding up. After fixing a tarpaulin which was slipping off the Maunsell coach roof in recent winds, we emptied the ancient LNER box van in preparation for its imminent departure to its new owner. Inside we found lots of stored goodies including ancient brass luggage rack brackets, and the racks themselves, plus coach window blinds, numerous 1920s/30s coach light fittings, and some spare carriage doors - all relocated. After a bit of shunting the van is now ready to be pushed to the loading pad area for collection by lorry. We also demolished the small shed by the main gates and mended the useful four-wheel trolley. SG
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