Steve’s finished the footbridge over the lower yard and I think it’s blended in well and adds a bit of interest.

Still in the lower yard, some of the sidings have been partly buried in plaster to represent the ash and general waste material that was traditionally used to ballast the track in sidings during the steam era.

Still a lot of work to do on it with bits of grass and weeds etc.

The goods shed looks a little more “planted†now as well.

I’ve now fitted a couple of illuminated buffer stops at Slugworth station and will be fitting a third now I’ve run the wires through the platform structure.

Due to space restrictions, when the track was laid at the GW station, the layout only allowed arrival at one of the 2 platforms.

This has been rectified by the simple expedient of……moving the platform across!

(No track was harmed during this process………………..)

During last winter, 3 bonsai trees were inadvertently left outside in the garden at my place. Needless to say none of them showed signs of life but they were given a chance until summer. Not wishing to waste them, I gave them to Steve who planted them on the layout. After a bit of treatment with the glue and lumpy green stuff I think they look quite presentable..