Wednesday 1st October 2025

The planned 'sorting out the boxes' exercise took place. Several solid storage boxes with clip-down lids had been purchased after the last exhibition, but never used, until now. Geoff also brought his master 'what goes in which box' list.

However, the first job was to glue down the ducks with new legs. After agreeing their position, a small screwdriver was used to make a narrow indent into the ground. Superglue was applied to the 'crossbar' between the feet and the ducks pressed down. It worked well.

All of the current storage boxes were examined one-by-one and items generally transferred to a new box. Some items were reallocated to different group boxes and the records updated. They were well filled and their solid stack ability was reassuring. 



Finally, when it came to a sheet to put over the layout at night, only an old, unrecognised duvet was found. In its current format, it wouldn't go the length of the layout, so Stephen borrowed an un-picker and a scalpel, and unpicked enough seams to create a perfect cover. (Thanks for the training Christine!)


Once complete, we were almost ready for the show. We will connect the 2 pairs of boards together just before loading into the cars and squeeze everything else around them!