After many long hours trying to get the extension to Grime St ready for it's first exhibition, it was reasonably close to being finished, not fully done but 'good enough' although at twenty to one on Friday morning I was close to retiring from the exhibition circuit.....

Then disaster, I managed to catch half the overhead wires on one board and snag them whilst loading the van Friday lunchtime and if the toys weren't out of the pram then, they certainly were when I managed to damage the point motor wiring on the other board whilst unloading at Beamish Friday afternoon.

If there was a skip handy it may have ended up in there........

Anyway after setting up, I managed to get the tow circuits running fine and the overhead wiring was fixed by opening time on Saturday, however I still had problems with the point motors, but with a bit perseverance and lots of swearing they were sorted by lunchtime, then the live feeds to the terminal stub decided that they weren't going to play......Good job it wasn't bonfire night!

Suitably refreshed by a decent curry and a few pints in South Shields (Ocean Rd has got to be one of the most densely populated Indian Restaurant areas in the UK), I managed to cobble together the wiring and Grime Street began to actually run like it was intended, still a few teething problems, but generally getting better as it settled in, if it had of got any worse I seriously think that the skip would beckon!

So a few thinks to work on and plenty of stuff that needs finishing and detailing before next time out, then work can continue on the small 'instension' board for the cyclist and Faller road vehicles circuit.

I didn't get much chance to take many decent photos, but here's a few to give the 'Norther Grot' flavour....

Big thanks to Paul (PLD) Derrick for having an operating stint, as it gave me a bit of a break.....

Paul if you managed any decent pics.........?