Words by J.Penny Despite the hideous weather on the Saturday, Sunday 25th November turned out to be quite pleasant, with the rain only coming in later that day. A good crowd of regulars set-to on various tasks, the most significant of which was getting the Pinesway Down Main Outer Home 'planted'. It was back to the 19th Century as it was muscle power that did the job, aided by mechanical advantages such as the ever-dependable power of leverage. That done we decided that as it was too wet to use the Merlo Telehandler in the sodden field to put the Pinesway Up Branch Advanced Starter in a more upright position, so we would again use man-power. Digging out one side, pulling it with an attached rope, then digging in stones on the other side the job was soon done, and in fact it needed to be pulled in two directions, although on the second part of the operation we used a bit of hydraulic power, thanks to some strong rope and No. 5. How long have we promised ourselves we would 'get round to it some time soon'? Oh well, perhaps it was part of the 25 year plan... Taking a trip to Park Lane to check out the fences we couldn't help but notice the swimming pool that had appeared just before Sally Lovell's Lane Crossing. This was due to the small diameter pipe that normally drained it into the small stream (now itself a bit of a torrent) becoming blocked. A bit of rodding action soon had that sorted, with Charlie finding out all about how these things work... it was drained soon enough, and Chandler was thus deprived of his chance to do a Tom Daly impression. The Common Lane Yard starter signal arm (the one with ring) had been removed the previous week and repainted, so a few of us set about its replacement, followed by a check and lube of the other signals on the bridge. The tea-pot called, and with C.J. busy preserving and staining the good work done by Ian on Thursday, we had a crack at replacing the clock in No. 5. That turned out to be a failure, unfortunately. With darkness and rain now upon us, we did get both horns working again; two-tones sounding far better when out the line - clearly a more satisfying situation. This time impact maintenance was the only action called for; and there is something very satisfying in the application of that, too, isn't there? The pond formed at Sally Lovell's lane by the blocked pipe James and Mike look for the blockage in the pipe
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