NEVER on a Sunday so it must be Tuesday again!

Our activities are sometimes up in the air like this one which involved Robin climbing all over our Northiam HQ bungalow roof applying some wonderful black potion to restrain rust and the ingress of the weather – sure, he loved every moment!!

Other events are rather more down to earth or in this case down to platform edge level - removing loose paint before applying a smooth bright white edge stripe of paint down the length of Bodiam station. Rain of cats and dogs ferocity promptly removed much of it – so it had to be re-done the following week!

You can’t have too much of a good thing apparently, but here we are starting, tentatively, at Tenterden wondering if the Railway couldn’t do with shorter platforms – especially on a hot sunny day.

Our Stan-Alone painter works away on his lonesome – pine cladding painting at the Tenterden facilities. He’s completing the work started some weeks before to help spruce the place up for the summer.

Spring is in the air – bluebells brighten the gardens as Graham, not content with just platform lining, gets stuck into the foot-crossing next to Tenterden signal box.

Occasionally it rains even on the railway! On this occasion it was settling in for a thoroughly wet day and so we turned to indoor activities like a repair and paint job on the very heavy Northiam platform seat. (see next picture)

Ray and Ron do a spot of heavy furniture moving (of one repainted seat), courtesy of the Northiam sack barrows.

Ron is working on the new crossing-keeper’s hut for Northiam. Will it all fit together as per his plan? He’s ably assisted / umpired by Stan. (Seats for spectators quaffing their morning coffee in the sunshine. They’d have watched until stumps were drawn - hung and quartered if Graham hadn’t got his whip out!)

The DMU crosses into Northiam station but doesn’t stop play as we assemble our 3D sight screens alias Wellington Hall - the crossing-keeper’s hut.

EVERY sign of activity: The new running in boards for Tenterden and Northiam Stations are delivered - Humph and John paint on undisturbed.

TIMBER!! The new signs were too large to fit into our cars so were sent on the service train as “goods” from Northiam to Tenterden. We assemble them on a very hot summer’s day having first dropped the old sign.

Final screws are driven into place to give Tenterden its new smart running in board.

We’re beavering away at our Northiam base: Give us a wave if you pass on the trains.

Cheers everyone! Like to joins us for interesting days on the KESR? Give Graham a ring then and he’d be happy to explain how.

Contact Graham Hopker (Evenings) on 01303 862811.

Photographs taken by John Rose