Well we finally got sorted out with our bedroom move at home, and shifting stuff about, and much clutter has been disposed of in the process. The added benefit was acquiring an old chest of drawers and a bookshelf to go in the "railway room" alongside my layout Tillingham - after getting rid of the big bulky and seldom used Futon that occupied loads of space. Hooray! At last some storage for items of rolling stock, locos, bits and bobs instead of having to fish them out of plastic boxes stacked on top of each other. I've made that better still by acquiring a DCC Concepts storage box - outrageous price, but at 560mm long able to hold my Class 205 DEMU set intact (they are a bit of a beggar to re-rail and couple up) and a Peco Loco Lift , which having proved very handy also will be joined by two more shortly, and perhaps most useful of all and at less that a fiver, the Peco re-railer ramp. Everyone should have one!
Anyway with Tillingham able to be run in between adding loads more detail and getting a decent station building sorted out, my mind wandered towards a Micro layout, mainly because I love reading about these in the forum and in magazines, have a little space now under the main layout, and mainly that the lovely little P Class tank loco from Hattons needs somewhere to potter about that will suit it's pre-war Southern livery. Hence the hatching of a simple, no-points, sector plate fed layout - you'll see it in Micro and Boxfile layouts forum as Filsham Yard - which I'm making a start on ASAP. I have a couple of Terriers which can join in, and want to try my hand at building a few post-grouping wagons from the Peco/Parkside range. Also, with a few decent spells of weather coming (here's hoping) I want to revive a bit of model RC flying, and have a fairly large model to finish; the constant windy and wet weather has been a major disincentive over the last six months and more, but one does need to get out in the fresh air a bit more. A few gigs coming up with my band will help finance finishing the job off, and start the ball rolling with Filsham Yard. This retirement lark ain't half bad!