A short round up this week.
The warm and sunny weather last week (where did that go to?!) allowed further work on the external paintwork of the mess room. 
Work has also continued outside on the cab and bunker of Great Western Railway 0-6-2T No. 5643 where John Dixon and Ed Tatham have been cleaning off old paint and rust. During this process the state of the shovelling plate in the bunker was called into question, so Keith set about cutting out some pretty thin metal which will be replaced.
Furness Railway No. 20 was back in service for Armed Forces Day at the Ribble Steam Railway, along with Great Eastern Railway Royal saloon No. 5 where customers were served with coffees, ploughman’s lunches and afternoon teas.
Anne and Phil Burton took the opportunity to staff the sales stand and also try out the new card reader that has been purchased by the Trust. The latter seemed to be a success, encouraging sales that wouldn’t otherwise perhaps have been made by cash.
FR 20’s activity at the weekend was its last before embarking on the long journey next week down to the West Somerset Railway for a week of operation. It is planned to give the locomotive a good clean and check over this week before it goes on its seaside holiday.