Whilst at the Colne Valley today, the owner of the resident Wickham was doing a few test runs. This is the first time it has moved for 15 years! As with all test runs, there were inevitably small problems; but all credit to the owner for the marvellous work restoring it... :)

A bit of a non-day work wise. We were going to paint the roof, but it was wet. So Ben & Mark measured stuff... We also had a BBQ. In November...

Some fence was removed so that the fuel tank was removed and cleaned up. The roof was also painted "Flotilla" blue. And the Permaquip has gone..

The catwalk was painted a nice shade of "Oxide" red. It was also "Thomas Day" at the railway.

We done a bit of painting (the engine bay) and had a BBQ. Mark done something with the wiring too.

We scraped and primed the roof. The airbox was also removed so we could begin painting the engine bay.

a quick trip up after work to take some photos.

68030 arrived unexpectedly the previous day. I popped down to the CVR to oversee it's move. And I think I got the first (unpowered) ride in it for a long time...