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Another "indoors" job over the past few days has been to tweak the layout at Treloggan Junction and the approach to Pentowan. There were two principal reasons for this. First, Treloggan Junction consisted of three Y-points. After the discussion on straights between reverse curves at St Enodoc Down end a few months ago, I thought I should do something about that at Treloggan Junction too. I therefore replaced the Y points with standard A5 left- and right-hand points. By doing this, I now have about 200mm straight between the reverse curves at each apex of the triangle. Secondly, I wanted to see whether I could rearrange the approach to Pentowan so that all five roads sprang off the same track, in the same way as the prototype. Previously I had Platform 1, the loco spur, Platform 3 and the Loop doing this but Platform 2 sprang off Platform 1. By starting at the station end of the fan rather than the single line end, I found that I could get all five tracks springing off the wide curve, albeit at the expense of a shorter length of plain line between Pentowan and Treloggan Junction. I'm not too worried by this though. More on this, with pictures, when I've tidied up the draft layout plan. Anyway, the result of all this was that the three curve centres at the junction had to be moved a little so I set those out too. The critical ones are the centres for Pentowan and for Polperran, to get the curve to line up with the Barry slip. The final piece of the jigsaw was the single line between St Enodoc and Treloggan Junction and I mocked this up at full size this afternoon. I started by setting out the position of the point at the end of the single line and from that stretched a string line to the start of the single line curve. To get a smooth entry to the curve I had to move the transition about 90mm nearer to Treloggan Junction. Next, I got the two 12000mm radius curve templates, that I made a few years ago for the viaduct, and placed them at each end of the single line. After a good deal of trial and error I found a position where there was about 900mm of straight track between the curves, which is where Indian Queens Halt will go (roughly where the G-cramp is, right in the middle of this photo). Finally, this photo shows how the single line moves gradually away from Wheal Veronica as it progresses towards Treloggan Junction, which is something else I wanted. I'll transfer all this to the draft layout plan and make sure I'm happy with it before starting to set out the ply track bases themselves.

Time for a lick of paint...

Just a picture, nothing to report, normal day at LM.

A somewhat random set of photos taken over the years at the Keighley and Worth Valley for this morning. Keighley Ivatt 2MTT 41241 Aug 72 J3025.jpg Keighley 6th Aug 84 BR Class 4MT 75078 5th Aug 84 C6593.jpg Mytholmes 118 Brussels Keighley to Oxenhope March 75 C1929.jpg Haworth LMS Class 5 45212 Sept 70 C355.jpg Haworth WD SJ 1931 May 73 J3206.jpg Haworth 8F 8431 Oct 81 C5565.jpg David

A few photos from Scotland this afternoon. Glasgow Central, then a couple near Grangemouth and lastly the Forth Bridge from a well known viewpoint. Glasgow Central 303047 17th Feb 90 C13975.jpg Glasgow Central Classes 318 303 101 17th Feb 90 C13979.jpg Grangemouth looking north 14th Aug 87 C8954.jpg Grangemouth looking south 14th Aug 87 C8955.jpg South Queensferry Forth Bridge 7th Aug 95 C20380.jpg David

As some of you may know, I’ve started a new layout, Woolmer Green. Brighton Junction was built over a 3-4 year period and gone within a week. Progress is going well, boards have been cut, one half of the viaduct cut out as well. I couldn’t help but take this photo, I’m very keen to start taking prototype photos. All just a rough mock up/idea.

It was indeed a very hot night. More than 60 years ago at PN though it is 1130 on a rather cool and partly cloudy day, the guard's whistle has sounded, and Sun Castle is on its way.

Good Morning Zarniwhoop (and all), ER is much, much more than people just relating what they did that day. Posting is incredibly varied, the first time or the casual observer may think that posting on ER is at the level of “what I did in my holidays” or “today I’m happy/angry”, but there is a lot of shared informed erudition, black humour and - for want of a better term - running jokes on this thread. Discussions can take place over several days, starting (to refer to a recent topic) with one subject matter (types of wheelie bins) and then gloriously morphing to cover another interesting and related topic (in this case, frequency and types of rubbish collection around Britain). In addition, and one of the great things about ER, is that you will get a lot of support from ER posters if you have problems or concerns that you might want to just “bounce off“ somebody else to see if your thinking is going in the right direction or if you are genuinely at a loss at what to do next. Such support may take the form of a posting with a response to your issue or, often, a PM from someone with insider knowledge providing some useful hints, tips and observations. Overall, ER posters are a tolerant (and tolerable) lot, although sometimes someone does (very, very rarely) get “bent out of shape“ about something or other and we do have one or two “drive-by“ posters, but compared to other social media platforms, ER on RMWeb is a very civilised corner of the Internet indeed. But be warned, given that the average age of ER posters is trending upwards, you may find that observations on, and comments about, certain social, political and economic Issues tend to be a lot more “robust” than is normally the case nowadays. Probably this reflects the huge amount of accumulated life experience on ER and a view of the world that is based on lived-in reality rather than wishful thinking. The rating of posts is a relatively new development for ER (I believe it was put in place with the last major platform software update. Possibly to attract the younger, social media savvy, railway modeller). It is certainly optional and, to be honest, I still haven’t figured it out how it is used as sometimes there seems to be - to my eyes - a disconnect between the content of the post and the responses that that post garners. One final thought: I recommend occasionally using emojis to help convey nuance in your posts. Without the inflections, tones and emphasis of the spoken word a statement such as “ my hamster got CoVID-19 and now I have to self-isolate“ could be construed as anything from a whinge to a sarcastic or cynical comment. Emojis help return some of the nuances of the English language when used in social media but, like adding salt to your meal, emojis are best use sparingly and in carefully selected places. Welcome aboard. iD

Morning Al. It is. I'm trying to remain optimistic but I am starting to struggle with it all. This probably sounds defeatist. All I am after are two or three locos that will run slowly and smoothly and come to a proper halt in both directions. This is not happening for me. Either by way of new locos or s/h. If I am to build another layout, both to use at home and exhibit, then it must run well. If it's not good enough for me then its not good enough for anyone else. I see my choices as follows..... 1.Perservere in the hope I find decent running examples of the loco types I'm after. 2.Learn how to build replacement chassis and utilise rtr bodies. Time and cost are against me here. Set that to one side and its possible 3.Keep the idea of a small rural goods yard. Give up on W.R and switch to loco types I know will work and have 'in stock'. ( B4 and P class to start with, J15 / Model Rail Sentinels at the outside ). 4.Build something else- IOW terminus ? The Terriers aren't yet good enough but........ 5.Build something else entirely, as in not thought of yet. 6.Final option. Let frustration get the upper hand. Stop wasting time and give up altogether. Get rid of as much 4mm stuff and switch to 7mm. Layout space is the main issue here but not insurmountable. If I do this then the existing layouts can go as well. Mutton's fate is already pretty much in the balance............ Rob.

Hi Folks, Somehow lost the retaining screw ? Gibbo.

Ahem.......... May I introduce the Works ForeCat's new apprentice....... George Kitten. 9wks. Already demonstrating that he is something of a characterful chap. And we have discussed some suitable Gentlemans reading material. I thank you.

Now that we're on page 1664, and given the serendipitous appearance of some recent posts on 16xx panniers, please allow me to indulge myself. Nu-Cast, with an MW005 motor and Romford gears, built well over 40 years ago, and weathered (at the 1981 Leeds show) by the late Paul Fletcher. Showing its age somewhat, and certainly not the quietest loco in the world, but still giving good service on the St Blazey/Wheal Veronica china-clay run. This loco has form. As @Barry O and others know, it disappeared into a hole on @Michael Edge's Cwmafon and refused to come out until the baseboard was turned on its end back at the clubrooms.

Always surprises me how many people have no hobbies, I have had dozens over the years, some like flying a falcon ended when she passed away and I decided I was getting too old for chasing across fields after errant birds of prey. Fishing has always been my main hobby which began at the age of 4 when my Grand mother used to take me as my Grandad lacked the patience to teach a nipper. Trainspotting on the Great Central led to an interest in steam, which led to an interest in muddling. Always gardened, used to help my Dad from an early age and he made my first greenhouse, that wasn't tall enough to stand up in, but I loved it. Hill walking and mountain climbing began when I moved to Scotland and the wildlife photography has also gathered speed since living up here, though I have done photography for around 50 years. Wine, beer and cider making is another hobby I've had for over 50 years as well, no time to wonder what to do and boredom does not exist.

Brasted, the bridge over Hogtrough hill.

Morning all, since retirement I have not worn a watch( I own several including a nice pocket watch), so time is of little consequence in my life now unless I have an appointment with someone. I spent my working life eating and sleeping when my employer told me too, now I follow the body clock and the sun, what the authorities do to the clock has very little impact on my life. Up here in North East Scotland(apparently north of Moscow) our summer days are very long, I can sit and read outside after midnight without the need of a light and in winter on a grey overcast day it doesn't quite get light all day, my life is arranged to suit this, rather like some indigenous tribes might have done...............................unless SWMBO has other plans of course lol.

Morning. 21c overcast on Fraggle Rock, not looked at what the seaweed twirlers are saying yet - field archery day, so a hot n sweaty day predicted. Mrs NHN has some new doodah on her bow, hopes to have a better round than last time. It's over my head. As opposed to an apple job..... Jonny, indeed, no issue with agreeing to disagree. The reason I hear given for 'daylight saving' or whatever its called this week, is safety of kids going to school. I always considered that the light would be better used at the end of the day when drivers are tired and possibly more likely to be inattentive as kids come home from school. I can see farmers would disagree, having some as friends and Mrs NHN being a farm gurl, but they are a tiny fraction of the population. @zarniwhoop no need to rate posts! iD's summary was pretty comprehensive (as always!) we're basically a well mannered chat room, very supportive, and quite a few of us have become virtual, and in some cases, actual friends. We talk about anything and everything bar the trains - even then we sometimes are naughty. No politics, religion or s ex is about the only rule. We are scattered far and wide throughout the world although this is a UK based forum, and are grown up about differences of opinion, as can be seen!

Bear had a GDB moment today whilst accurately trimming the wallpaper to accommodate the wall tiles; not an easy job in many places because the trim line was very close to the underside of numerous wall units, meaning not much room for a Bear with big paws to control the (very sharp) scalpel fitted with a No. 10 blade (that's the vicious pointy one). Anyway, the inevitable happened (and when I was close to finishing too, as normally happens) and I managed to stab my middle finger with the pointy end of the blade and with some force. Fortunately the damage wasn't too severe as the tip of the blade was halted when it hit the bone.... - a rather fetching triangular battle scar results, with claret all over the fur. Fortunately Bear has managed to fix it most professionally with a sheet of kitchen roll and some masking tape. @iL Dottore would be proud.... I also managed to discover that there is a noticeable dip in one wall which will be taken care of by the Tiler in order to ensure the tiles remain parallel to the front edge of the Granite upstand along it's length. It will however involve the sacrificing of some additional LDC vouchers Breaking News: Christian Horner "isn't happy".....

Templefield, circa 1967 I think, but I can't quite remember... Forgivable I suppose, considering I wasnt born yet ;-)

Good morning all, for such it just about remains. And on a page which bears the number, for those who care about such things, of the long-serving and still-extant LT tube car 10012. 10012 was the first of a very large build of 1938-stock cars following on from the 1935 prototypes (10000 - 10011) and which served on the Northern, Bakerloo and Piccadilly Lines, plus a handful of later conversions on the Central Line's rural shuttle between Woodford and Hainault. The final cars were only withdrawn from passenger service - on the Isle of Wight - in January this year at the tender age of 82. 10012 resides in the Acton Depot annexe of the London Transport Museum having formed a part of the "Starlight Express" unit which ran special trips after withdrawal from the Northern Line in 1988. Taking note of earlier comments ER is a place of sanctuary, support, friendship and (largely non-judgemental) freedom to speak. We probably represent a fair cross-section of the hobby and as such are typically of more mature years. Though not necessarily of more mature behaviour! There are running jokes, we are not all "in" on all of them, and there are subjects which are only mentioned in passing as they tend to bring forth the wrath of the awl. Our hobby - in detail being one of those. Otherwise it's the RM-web standard of no politics or religion although both are usually accepted in general terms. There is no requirement to "rate" each and every post; some of us read and rate everything while others skim and rate a few. Most of us probably fall somewhere between. I don't appear every day and find it hard to catch up if I miss more than a couple of day's-worth but the gist is easy enough to capture and anything of great significance (hatches, matches, despatches for instance) will easily be found. It's here for us all. We are free to join in, take it, lurk or leave it. It won't be for everyone. I have made friends here and met several whom I would likely never have encountered otherwise. For which I am very thankful. Onwards. Sun-day is living up to its name with a searing blast greeting me outside the back door as I let His Pawship out for Morning Roll-in-the-Dirt. The seaweed people suggest it will reach 31C but in still air and full sun that will be very warm indeed. Even for this ex-exile who spent 17 years in the much higher temperatures of Australian summers knowingly working in 48C and with the mercury suggesting it was 52C one day out bush in the Western Macs. There is water and chilled chardonnay to be drunk. There is pollen affecting everything I try to do. Yesterday was bad; this morning I can just about breathe. Two bad night haven't helped with the fan required last night to avoid self-basting. I don't remember when the hay-fever season was last this bad nor this long. I might have to consult the quack over the possibility that the asthmatic side of things has worsened with age. It certainly feels that way this weekend. I'm off for a cooling muggertea. Oxymoronic? Not. Apparently drinking hot beverages causes the pores to open releasing body heat and cooling one down. The alternative might be to stand naked outside and have Dr. SWMBO make use of the watering can and cold tap!!!

Good moaning from a brightvand sunny place. It isxalleged that it's going to stay that way for several days. We had a lovely lunch yesterday at a friend's house. 7 of us in total, French and Brits but of varied origins. Convesations were going on in French, English and Italian with a smattering if Greek, German and Yorkshire. Trying to explain the concept of deep fried Mars Bar was beyond my French so eventually was duscussed in Italian until the French ldadybofvGerman and Italian parentage, sort of understood. Thisxladted 5 hours. The food was good and when we got back home 3 fresh eggs had been presented to us by the residents of Cluckingham Palace. Today we start off with an hourvof delight on the phone to young Emily and her Mums, then it is off to the market to make a few purchases, but more importantly have coffee and chat with friends. The G word has been mentioned for the afternoon and we may even get into the pool. Chris, I hope that you enjoy your day out at Hatfield. I forgotbone bin that we use. Our local de hetterie (tip) has a special bin forboyster shells. These are then washed, crushed and sold as grit for hens. Regards to all. Jamie

Took a few today as it was a nice sunny day! had to go to tuebrook sidings to pick up a couple of locos 66758 and 66721 which came in on a biomass service and coupled up to my loco And over to basford hall where there was a top and tail class 97 train heading to Dee March And my locos on to the train bound for dinting 86101 in the sidings And into stockport where I got off Doing a Leicester to peak forest via the hope valley tomorrow afternoon then a week off apart from a possession train near Dumfries on Monday (as it’s not far from the caravan!)

I didn’t know that Phil! I was thinking about those little icons that appear at the bottom of the post and are placed by others. These, I believe, were put into place not that long ago, though I don’t know when (but I could be wrong). Certainly they weren’t present in older posts (I needed to look something up I had posted on RMWeb the other day so did a search and the older ones had no little icons associated with them). I must be a very non-savvy social media user, if I am not chasing after “likes” and ratings on my preferred social media platform (RMWeb) Alas, no! Although for the past three decades I have been a very happy DINKY (Dual Income No Kids), there were certain things that were put off limits by Captain Cynical’s CFO (Mrs iD), the Nakamichi Dragon was one of them… I am envious, my dear feline friend. Flying a Falcon sounds absolutely splendid (and I’m sure it was a very sad day for you when she died), Fishing I have dabbled in and found fascinating (but not fascinating enough to take up as a hobby) and my forays into gardening are best described as “environmentally disastrous“ (the “environment” that was ruined was my self esteem and ego as well as the conceit that I could give Percy Thrower a run for his money . The sad story about my pea plants will have wait until another day….) Perhaps it is as well that I am not a rich person, as I’m afraid I would spend far, far too much money on hobbies (already existing or currently just outside my financial reach. I’ve always fancied owning a helicopter or a small twin engined aircraft…..) Unfortunately, at the moment, I am not doing three of my four current hobbies (model railways, guitar playing, cooking and reading) and the only reason I’m cooking is because if I don’t cook nobody gets fed at Schloss iD. I can’t really explain this listlessness and ennui but I hope that it does pass (if nothing else I have invested a noticeable sum of money in acquiring everything I need to build a m***l r*****y, and SWMBO would be most upset if I didn’t, finally, build the damn thing). And on that downbeat note, I apathetically bid you an acceptable Sunday Evening. iD

Good Afternoon all Been in garden again though not done much due to being too hot. Somebody forgot to charge the batteries for the drill/driver last night We managed to fit 3 boards before the batteries died. We did a few pottering type jobs including cutting reinforcement pieces for joists and notching out where needed to miss bolt heads.

Latest arrival at Sheep Towers. George Kitten 9wks. Apprentice to the Works Forecat.

Geoff Haynes dropped off some locos this morning which he's weathered for me................... There's a lovely shot at the top of page 18 in M&GN In Action, by M D Beckett and P R Hemnell, Becknell Books, 1989, showing the 9.55 am Derby Gorleston double-headed by a Fairburn 2-6-4T (running bunker-first) and a 4F. The train is about to diverge westwards at Saxby Junction, heading for the M&GN. The date is the 26th of July 1958 (a Saturday?), which fits in perfectly with my time depiction on Little Bytham. I thought 'What might it have looked like at Little Bytham?'. It's not dead right, because, although the Fairburn carries the correct number, I don't have a model of 44419, so another 4F has to suffice. The tank should also carry the train reporting number '64', and its lamps should be LMS black - but he-ho. 42184 is basically a Bachmann RTR example to which I've added front steps and a few detail tweaks. The beautiful weathering is Geoff's (I built, painted, lettered, numbered and weathered the 4F). He also brought two other locos he's weathered............ This DJH J50 was part-built by Gordon Stolliday (who's sadly now died), and was given to me with the request that I complete it, make it go, paint it, number/letter it and then sell it on behalf of CRUK. These things I've done, and Geoff has weathered it to perfection. It has sold (for about the price of three Hornby RTR J50s!) and I'm posting it to its new owner tomorrow. I'm sure he'll be delighted. Another donated loco is this J52, built from brass etches scaled down from 7mm (I think). This hasn't sold, but I'll be making a personal donation to CRUK for it now. It's well-built, runs smoothly and was nicely painted, but weathering has really brought it to life. Many thanks to the late Gordon S (one of life's real gents), the builder/donator of the J52, to Geoff Haynes for weathering them and to the buyer of the J50. Along with his brother, Geoff also brought along Alan Brackenborough, one of the greatest model painters of all time. I'm ultra-chuffed with Alan's comments on LB in my visitors' book!

Not having things to do when retired? I've 18 months to go, have too many things to choose from and that's without SWMBO's list... Of which, started to restore SWMBO'S grandmother's rocking chair, the wooden central panel of the back is embossed with a big flowery pattern, so I've been very carefully cleaning and removing some sort of varnish that's gone black in places. I noticed several of the furniture tacks have broken both on the back and seat, so the next adventure is to remove the all take the pretty bits off, then I can use a detail sander on the flat bits. Another 60ft of Sideshow Bob trimmed one side only.. Moved used again , I did quite a bit before it started cutting out again, which suggests a heat reated problem, since it restarts with the choke it still suggests a fuel carburettor fault. Steering controls sanded and painted I eventually chose white paint as that the tin I had open to recoat the main hatch, which was done after a light sanding. I had finish that and wandered round the boat to touch up some other white bits when I got round there was a big blue bottle getting its Darwin award by gluing itself to the paint on the hatch. SWMBO has found the loppers, they were in the alleyway between mobile home and muddling shed. I'm informed this the alleyway is now designated the wool working shed.. quite why the loppers were in there I have no idea.. The second hatch was sanded and repaired unfortunately the cap came off the polyurethane glue bottle, and flooded the hatch plus some on the paws. Luckily the hatch was upside down. After spreading the glue to where it would do most good , it was left to set. Ben the I really want my walk Collie, had been pestering for some time, so I took him out. We didn't get far about a 5th of they way round before he sat down in the shade and said "it's too hot, I want to go home". We had by that time dropped down the hill out of the sea breeze.. On return I went to the gluey hatch and chiseled off the excess while it was still soft . Right time for a long soak in the bath and an attempt to remove waterproof glue from the paws..

So here I àm sitting in the shade of the garage, alternately being blasted by waves of heat or just 'waves' of air. Anyway I hear you ask why are you sitting ? Well my dear fellow contributors - other descriptions are available, I have been busy. And what prey tell have you been busy doing. Well some time ago, beginning of the month to be truthful, I acquired a standard willow, that's a Salix integra Flamingo to those in the know. Now I must admit that this was something of an impulse purchase as I had seen then before and dismissed them as the previous one had died off due to unsuitable siting. Come to think of it that was also an impulse buy as well. Anyway on passing them again I weakened. Shame on you I hear you cry. Well not really as since the first passing there had been a reorganising of the patio and there was now room to accommodate an extra planter. All I needed to do was to make it. So that is what I have been doing and being the talented, multi skilled - you mean tight fisted g...., that I am I finished it on Friday. A pallet was acquired and a large pot that were being thrown out. A root in the 'store', the garage, for some metal strips - to reinforce the timber uprights and using compost created on site here it is. I did have to purchase some castors but only because the ones I had I didn't think we're suitable. Plus I few more plants 'appeared' - they leaped into my trolley 'onest guv. So when you throw them in, it probably cost something like £20 to £25 but when you think about how much something similar would cost, a definite saving. Least ways that's what I think.

Afternoon All We also had a lie in this morning, as we didn't get up until 05.45, well I did, as it was my turn to make the tea (it is 5 mornings of the week) and 30747 rose at 06.00 - so we were at the A6 car boot for 7.15, and it's a good job we took some extra cash with us - we bought a bird table and a hedgehog house, both quite cheap, £23 for the two. Also a number of other bits and bobs, then home to do some G word (!!) Now awaiting a turkey breast roast cooking for Sunday dinner - it's been in the freezer since Easter, as it was bought but not eaten at the time, and though it has a use by of next January, it is in our opinion time to eat it. Oddly, though it is a Lidl branded item, it was made in Norfolk, by a company which is based in Ketteringham Hall, and we lived for a while in one of the gatehouses to that building - both were once owned by Colin Chapman, of Lotus fame. Odd little coincidence. Timer has just gone - time to cut it all up. Regards to All Stewart

We had a nice photo from Aditi’s brother of his daughters bouncing on a bouncy castle that had just arrived this morning. My niece who is nine in a couple of days is having a very small party for some of her school friends in the garden. Aditi’s brother is clearly brave as there will be jelly and ice cream too. Perhaps jelly throwing has ceased to be a thing. Aditi’s brother intends to retire in a few years so is starting to look for things to do. He noticed that his daughters school was asking for people to become governors. So he put his name forward thinking he was unlikely to get elected on a first time application. Well, he was the only applicant and so now has been given the fiinance and safeguarding responsibility. He said those are his responsible areas at work too. Another brother in law is worried about retiring as he doesn’t know what he will do with the time. I don’t think Aditi’s brother will have any problem at all. Tony

Migrating into TMI territory.

Don't apologise. We are allowed to have different opinions - that is the way the world works; although these days one might believe that a difference of opinion is something to be ashamed of because it doesn't get one a billion 'likes' on Instagram or Twitter. There is nothing really to stop people from working to their preferred daily time span if they wish, irrespective of the official time. If anyone wants to get up at 5am and enjoy the early morning sunshine at this time of year, then - why not? Watch the glowball set soon after 9pm and then off to bed. Of course, mowing the lawn at 5:45 am may not be a clever idea, but activities can be organised to cause least disruption to those on BST/GMT.

Yesterday was hot.. umpiring was... hot.. I didn't melt but it got close.. Cracking game though. Could of gone any way but a couple of quick wickets meant the home team staggered to a win. We had a curry for a very late meal last night. The Sheesh Mahal food was excellent, the company good and the air con blissful! Off to the T20 today.. lots of sun cream will be plastered on .. lots of water bottles will be taken... We have a greyish bin for general waste, a green bin for recycling ((no glass) and a brown bin for garden waste. We have 3 "Daleks" for compost making. Glass goes to the bottle banks which means a trip in the car. I would stop the clock changes. Farmers work all hours today .. they couldn't in the past. Earlier dusks would kybosh evening cricket but when we were allowed to travel the world dusk could be very early with little or no affect on people. Time to .. cook breakfast for our guest. Baz

Clear editor, still showing the text of several days ago. A good night's sleep of 5 hours solid plus 1.5 hours on the sofa. The MRC has voted to keep in bubble format for the moment. The sailing club has said it will be still having social events during the regatta, but is having gazebos put up so more can sit under cover outside "but in the open" in separate groups , we are a family oriented club. They also are keeping one way systems , reduced seating in the club house, and events that don't need such close contact as normal. Ben the I want assurance Collie is currently snoring in his bed having dragged me out earlier. The northerly breeze has returned, it won't be that warm out there today. All joints in the lower half of the body are aching at least it's not my back, I'll start the day out there with attempting another mow to widen the paths through the jungle, it will also show if the fault is heat related or blockage related. Then depending on how the legs feel, I may attack another section of sideshow Bob. Then paint the steering controls, lightly sand the main hatch before the next coat of paint. The other hatch needs sanding, repairing, before varnishing. Time to get muggacoffee number 1.

Greetings one and all As I type this the perspiration is pouring off me. But for the electric fan in my bedroom I might well have spent the night lying in a salty pool before the bedclothes absorbed it. Ugh! That apart, I’m off to Hatfield House later this morning for Folk By The Oak. The weather forecast augurs well for an open air concert, though it does not mention the desired balmy breeze. The sun block has been packed, as has my collapsible brolly just in case. Food and drink will be on sale at the event to supplement the modest picnic that I have prepared. A few anxious moments accompanied the search for my cool-dude sunglasses. They turned up in my camera bag. Well, where else would they have been? The musical bill of fare includes the Sam Sweeney Band, Kitty Macfarlane and Kate Rusby, but sadly not the Young’uns, for one of them has tested positive for Covid. An unexpected bonus is that their place on the bill will be taken by Jim Moray. That gentleman has an infinite capacity to surprise! To bins and their contents. Here in Bedford we have a grey bin for ordinary refuse, an orange bin for recycling and a green bin for garden waste. We also have rubrics governing what goes into which bin that do not entirely conform to the practice of other authorities. Food waste goes in with general rubbish but glass and clothing belong in designated skips parked in supermarket car parks. All this is a classic case of Chris’s First Law of Government, which states in essence that things are not the same because they do not have to be. Never mind: it gives us something else to discuss. Best wishes to all Chris

I can only only offer my apologies for any part I might have played in that. I prescribe a few cooled ales or a bottle of falling-down water either of which are wont to erase the memory. Whether you awake still queazy afterwards is entirely another matter

@grandadbob.. we won a fiver and one lucky dip..ooh err! What to do with this new found wealth? Baz

Another great and glorious morning, so the walk for the paper will be a leisurely stroll. Not a lot happened yesterday, it really was to hot, and it would have been fool hardy to sit in the Sun for any great length of time but I did have a hour whilst having morning coffee and reading a mag. I enjoyed the new F1 format, which is discussed in more detail and with varied opinions on the Formular1 2021 thread. Off now to wet the body and get out for some much needed exercise. Have a good day one and all, stay safe and keep well.

Now we have another angle on that J6. A very hot day comes to an end, but looks like being followed by a very hot night.

[ I'll cut most of this because before social meeja arrived I was on mailing lists. But I've taken all of this onboard. Oh, and respect to someone who can play the scale lengths of fenders - my heros mostly played strats, but I prefer gibsons and humbuckers - not that I can play. For the moment, I'll try not to burden people with my problems - and anyway many of them are definitely political. While trying not to give too much information, I've been Type 1 diabetic since about the age of 35, and I was a semi-competitive cyclist - with a little running and XC skiing (in track) when I was able to afford it. That changed in February 1999 (knocked off the bike, spin cord injury). I got lucky - able to walk a bit, but never got back to fulltime work (too tired). Developed an interest in linux to fill in the time (ha!). Redundant in late 2003, but in a mirror pension scheme (ex Electricity Supply) with payment from age 50 on redundancy. I can see that many people here will think I've fallen on my feet. Renewed my interest in the forbidden subject in about 2007, both narrow variants (Swiss, Austrian, various real and imaginary British) and OO with a third rail. But enough of that here. Meanwhile, I now spend significant time sleeping, and most of the rest is either watching my previous sports on TV, or hacking on the linux distro I support (a glorified "HOWTO" really). When people post long replies with many different points, the rating will typically only be appropriate to one of the points. On other threads I'm often tempted to rate things as funny if I consider them to show political views with which I disagree. Thanks. I usually post from my laptop, the trackpad broke months ago and I'm using an add-on trackpad but it is oversensitive and randomly moves the cursor when I'm replying (or randomly clicks on things). For selecting emojis I really need stronger specs, but the optician declined and asked my GP to refer me to the eye hospital re possible diabetic issues - but at least I can still meet the standard for driving in my good eye. Thanks for the welcome. ĸen

Good morning all, Sunny and hot! Already 27°C and climbing. I realise this is nothing compared to what some of our overseas colleagues experience but it's too much for me. Late on parade today as although I awoke at 5.00ish as usual I turned over and didn't get up until 8.40. Absolutely disgusting behaviour! It just won't do and I have severely reprimanded myself. Slightly better news is that although I exceeded my Kcal intake a couple of times in the week I have actually lost the pound that I put on the previous week and in fact lost one and a half pounds! I've celebrated by having my usual Sunday smallish cooked breakfast. Also on the good news front is that I've won on the lottery to the tune of 2 lucky dips and £10. Not exactly life changing though but I shouldn't complain as I was lucky enough to have quite a big win 3 or 4 years ago. Rugby watched and enjoyed as usual but the serious stuff starts next Saturday for the first Test. I think the Lions have quite a job on their hands but it wouldn't be South Africa if they didn't. I too will watch the last half hour or so of the T de F and hope that Cav can get that final sprint win. It will take some doing but would be one hell of an achievement. Will also have to fit in the F1 but probably just the highlights. Not sure about visiting The Shed today, I suspect it'll be too hot. That's enough drivel for now so I bid you farewell, Have a good one and keep out of the sun, Bob.

Minerva Paneers are highly recommended! Don't jump over the ends of sidings either.

Coal delivery for Windrush Jct shed. Great Western Pannier tank #7711 shunts a lone wagon next to the coaling stage, who wants to unload it ? Surely someone will come along ? What else is there to do on a sunny summer day in the country ? Isn't shoveling coal rewarding jolly fun ? Perhaps Arthur the stationmaster will lend a hand ? Nope, his back is playing up again. Funny, anytime there's physical labour to be done he starts moaning & hides in the office. Well guess I'd better get my back into it.

It's not like they're short of poisonous creatures. Please keep her and take all communication devices off her.

The Sun is shining down at Seven Mills this morning.

Rubbish cab be useful sometimes. My first car was stolen and the theft was detected because an envelope addressed to my aunt in Keswick was found in a garage in South Leeds. She'd given me a load of envelopes to bring back for my father to cut thevstamps off in aid of Oxfam. The defence barrister at Crown court was a lad I had gone to school with. The thieves both went down. Jamie

Following recent posts on the LNER J27, there may be some interest in the BR version. Mine is a lovely runner, and for £98 including postage , I'm a very happy bunny. Normally. I renumber RTR locos , but this one is a Percy Main loco, so absolutely suitable for my layout.

Good afternoon everyone Very late on parade today due to having a bit of a lie in. We didn't wake up until almost 9:30! So after a late breakfast I went straight outside to do some work in the garden. Mainly weeding, dead heading and pruning, but I do have a couple of plants to put in the ground. Zarniwhoop, welcome to the madhouse, we're a friendly bunch so do join in. In the meantime, stay safe, stay sane, enjoy whatever you have planned for the day, back later Brian

I recently ordered via E-bay 8 LMS period one coaches for conversions, 4 composites and 4 brakes, well that's what I thought. When I opened the packet with the 5th brake coach I had a second look at what I ordered.....Oh (choose your own non RMweb word) !!! I had messed up my ordering never mind let me see if can make the 6 cut and shuts to make up a 7 coach set as planned. Well or intrepid photographer caught the train heading to Sheffield Exchange and again later on its return journey having turned around in the station. First are the two CK conversions, they both used the Mainline CK model as a basis, the mainline model is a diagram D 1694, I have one but couldn't be bothered to get it out for comparison. A D1751, it differs from a D1694 in having 4 first class compartments and 3 second/third . The Mianline model is 3 first and 4 second. The loos on a D1751 are smaller than a D1694. The Essery and Jenkinson LMS three volumes has a drawing/diagram of the D1751 compartment side with a photo of the corridor side of a D1694, which I thought was a D1751. Great no shoving the windows about until I looked again at the corridor side on the diagram plan and reread the caption. Whoops I then made some wrong score lines, not the best of the batch. The D1752 CK was an odd beast, it had 2 first compartments, 2 first coupe compartments and 3 second. It had even smaller loos than the D1694. When making this coach the corridor side was one window short so I enlarged a 1/2 light to full size. Now the BCK a diagram D1754, I chose this instead of a D1755 as there was two less cuts to make. The first class compartments on a D1755 are in the middle not the end.