Saturday saw an unwelcome overnight fall of snow at Boat of Garten, where we met and the train was readied and shunted from PWay Depot onto the mainline heading for milepost 92
fortunately less snow on the ground nearer Broomhill but a bone chilling mist (can't have everything!)
Primary task was Measured Shovel Packing (MSP) but Mike spotted a minor off-track issue with a culvert being partially blocked, so this was cleared and the drainage improved.
Georgie had noticed a elongated dip in the track at this location and it was confirmed using the sighting boards, after a lot of digging out of ballast in many alternate beds we were ready for a break in the warmth of the Brakevan! By Lunch task completed and Georgie wanted the dipped joints in the area attended to, more sporadic digging required! Michael graduated to the measuring can and Mike with the special MSP shovel above.
Thanks to Mike, Fergus, Andrew, Michael and Iain & David who collected 100+ redundant chair screws that were to be used securing the oil pipe along the line (the brackets are less urgent still to be seen as per top photo)
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