Update

We have been back to Bathgate Golf Club on Wednesday 8th September providing standby fire cover whilst Network Rail completed the final section of track.

At least this time the weather was very kind to us, being considerably milder than our previous visit.

Again, the golf club looked after us allowing us the use of the club house overnight and providing us with a constant supply of refreshments.

On Tuesday 2nd March 2010 we provided fire standby cover to Bathgate Golf Club, Bathgate near Glasgow on behalf of Network Rail who were carrying out construction of a new rail line.

The work involved removing access to the golf club over night.

The weather was very poor with snow still on the ground and very low overnight temperatures

Due to the severe low temperatures we had to have a rota every 2 hours throughout the night to run the pump for 30 mins at a time to stop it freezing and damaging the pump.

We were very fortunate that the golf club very kindly allowed us to remain in the golf club throughout the night and also provided us with food and refreshments which were greatly appreciated by all.

The golf club badge

Our regular pump was not available so we used our old pump which was kindly loaned to us by its new owners