Hi all,

Went to new club for second time last night, all round good bunch of guys really, one of the founder members invited me up to see his own layout, what an eyeopener! it must have been the biggest private layout I have ever seen, it was very good, like all layouts of course a work in progress!

What really suprised me was that he had real water, lakes, streams, working mill with water wheel, the lot! don't know about you guys but I have never seen this in any layout, very well done, with ruined church on the lake, when the water is up, you cannot get access by road etc, he has cleverly used varnish and undertreated this so, even if the water is not running it still looks very effective.

He has a disused canal with dumped bicycles, prams etc also very effective, night time lighting, also very effective in the dark! I think next time I am up, if he does not mind, I will take some photos if I can find my camera! I have a camera on the phone if I am stuck but, would rather use the normal camera for photo's

As far as my own layout is concerned not a lot of progress, other things get in the way! Point motors still on the agenda for next week!!

Volunteered to do a bit of base board extension work for the club next week and will hopefully get a bit done on my own if the weather is poor, if it's good then the garden has first priority next week, I also have a bit of finishing work to do on the new kitchen !

That's my lot for now, let me know if you guys have seen real water on a layout?

All the best

Reemgee