Morning all,

Firstly, I must change this blasted song in my ears! Ahhh, Free - Wishing Well. Thats better. :)B)

Anyway, I'm starting to wonder if someone high above my position in this life is playing silly thingys with me. I finally have the hours at work to get the money and crack on with my 2010 Challenge plans, but I've had an invite for Embranchment Particulier to the 28th Annual Festival of Model Railways & Hobbies in Southend towards the tail end of November. This is good news, don't get me wrong, but EP needs a serious dust down and stock needs to be purchased and fitted with Kadee's. I could theoretically still have a bash at the 2010 Challenge layout, but don't expect much if I do. This is EP:

But back to the challenge. I've been having a little play around with the plan again. I do like the minimalistic feel to the first that I posted, but I do like the flow of this recent idea:

Following Neil Rushby's blog and seeing a small glimpse of his Avalon Tramway, I've become even more engrossed with the smaller, obscure railways. As you can see by the plan, it utilises a pair of space saving Wye turnouts and a large radius right hand turnout. The run-round is complete offstage, a thought that I'll consider later. Total size on the plan is 48" x 14", but I may increase the depth to 18" to provide some foreground interest, maybe a beach scene à la the Selsey Tramway.

As I said before, I have to focus on EP so this may not happen, but any feedback would be more than appreciated either way. I do like the plan though so I may end up giving this one a bash, for the challenge or not. If it's for the latter, then I may ramp it up to EM or P4.