More years ago than I care to remember I concocted an imaginary Scheme for the East Lincolnshire Light Railway. A line that ran along the Lincolnshire Coast from Saltfleetby to North Coates and the RAF base there.
Years have come and gone, and schemes for the layout have come and gone. From micro layouts to layouts 8 or 9 feet long. Nothing ever got built.
Perhaps until now.
You see, six years ago I experimented with a baseboard constructed of white polystyrene foam. entirely of white polystyrene foam.

I built a baseboard 14" x 32" with the intention of building an 0:16.5 quarry scene on in. but interest faltered (as is usual with me) and I threw the baseboard into the garage where it sat though six freezing cold winters and stifling summers.
Until Tuesday, when I was having a tidy up in the wake of getting my classic cars ready for the summer and I found the baseboard. I looked at it.

It was still solid, flat and level. I was surprised and intrigued. I had just been laid off from work and I need something to occupy my time. I also need something with little or no expense as I don't think my wife would look kindly on me spending my severance on a model railway.
"Seems a waste not to use it as it has lasted all these years I thought"
My mind came back to the old Light Railway concept.
The baseboard has a dropped section front left. Like a river bank. Perhaps this might be a way to model my favorite part of the concept. Saltfleet Haven.
I began messing around throwing track down to see what I could come up with.
I've been putting together Haven trackplans as long as the concept has been in my head. All kinds of schemes. This one owes something to Neil Rushy's classic "Shell Island". But there's only so much you can do with the space and the track I have in hand (PECO code 100).

This track layout appealed to me. Cramped, so wagons could only be shunted one at a time. It should present some operations fun and games. I let the layout sit like this for a couple of days, studying it intently. Right now it suits me. As you can see I've accumulated stock and structures suitable for the layout, so it's almost like assembling a kit of parts.
We will see how things go from here.