Tuesday 23rd July
There have been several trips to Gotherington in recent weeks to replace the wooden signal post and to recondition the adjacent ground signal.
The wooden post has proved to be completely rotten. Having carefully removed the fittings using the scaffolding tower, nothing more than a gentle push sent it toppling down! Here is the result:
Now the challenge to remove the remainder of the rotten wood from the concrete block. A replacement metal post will be concreted in here. Peter B is tickling out the stubborn pieces of not quite so rotten pieces:
And John P up to his armpit to clear out the hole - 2ft deep about as far as we could get - should be sufficient to concrete in the metal replacement .
On completion of the clearance of the hole a team photo as Dinmore Manor pulls out of Gotherington in the background.
The ground signal and its also rotten mounting woodwork had already been removed and a new section of sleeper fitted to the two "submerged" concrete blocks .
The signal has been dismantled back at Winchcombe and is in the process of being cleaned and painted.
Curly
