Hello,

Today's will be a fairly brief descriptive entry, since I still don't have anything to actually "show".

GWR 57XX Panier has been successfully purchased and should leave Normanton, West Yorkshire tomorrow. Several Scalescenes kits have been acquired and downloaded (will be working on one later this evening).

Took lunch in the office today and doodled on a possible track plan, using "Wood End" as an inspiration. I'm pleased so far and am intent on creating a scale drawing which I hope to post by week's end.

Was mulling having a "Name the Layout" contest, but decided I had won it myself with my singular entry of the name "Frogemere", named partially to honor the 1960 Frogeye (Bugeye over here) Sprite I drove during the years I was in military service (1969-71).

[The Sprite's name was "Melvin", the SU linkage was partially held together with paper clips, and the canvas top and side curtains leaked badly in the rain. It's 948cc's just about got it up the hill I had to traverse every day enroute to my assignment without stopping and downshifting to first (had a crashhbox first gear). The front bumper was missing and the bonnet creased from a previous accident so that it sagged when opened. But every minute with it was fun, except sorting the electrics.]

More later.

Best Wishes--Carl