Well with the excitement of Christmas and Mrs and Little Wollastonblues birthdays, I could only get the electrics all finally sorted. I have found out that Peco fish plates are not compatible with Tomix track, and with the rails not accepting solder at all, I discovered that underneath the track I could solder connection wires to the rails. I have also wired up another point.

I received the EW1 coach set from Mommy Wollastonblue this Christmas, and I have the Glacier Express on advance order from Japan. Still have a massive shopping list, and funds and time will allow for it slowly but surely.

It is nice to see that other companies are supporting this range, and I will be ordering some wagons soon. But other bits need to be purchase first.

In other news, I am finally going to actually see and ride on the Rhatische Bahn this year. As Little Wollastonblue is starting school in September, we have decided that this year we are off on a European adventure. We are driving from Glorious Kidderminster all the way to the Venetian Riviera and back, but not all in one go. We are going to spend 1 night in Boppard, Germany, hopefully see some ICE action along the Rhine Valley for me and Little Wollastonblue, I did stay in Boppard on a School trip in 1993, and I kept all my spending money back so I could buy a Marklin Train Set to bring home, relatives weren't impressed due to the lack of gifts.

After stocking up at a Supermarket in Boppard, we are driving down to Celerina for 2 nights where we have an apartment. On the Sunday we are off on the RhB from Celerina to Filisur, where we are going to have a picnic overlooking the magnificent Landwasser Viaduct, back up to Bergun to go round the museum.

From Switzerland skirting Lake Como, we head to the Venetian Riviera for 4 nights, so the little one can have some beach and pool time. I am hoping for a trip to Venice itself and wander round Venice Santa Lucia station, hopefully get to see the Orient Express too, but I not going to push it if the beach is too much of a pull.

From Italy back up to Munich for a night of beer, sausages and sauerkraut, then across to Lille via Luxembourg for 2 nights so we can visit Paira Daiza zoo in Belgium for Pandas!

Cheers for now.