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Meg, Simon and I should be there with Eisengebrau - HO Prussian 1910. Come and have a chat.

Meg and I are looking forward to our first visit to this event with 'Sparkel'

Having suffered two days of the screaming children while exhibiting last year, I'm sure that is a good decision. All good wishes for this year's show

All being well, we should be there with St Combs, our Canadian National N scale layout.

All being well, Meg, Simon and I should be there with Eisengebrau - HO Prussian 1910

All being well, Meg and I will be there with our Canadian National N scale layout, St Combs.

Sparkel set up after the usual journey on our wonderful motorways! Looking forward to the Show Come and chat.

All being well, Meg and I will be there with Sparkel - Bavarian snow scene.

That's very technical. I'll get one of the kids to do it!! We had a successful first outing at TINGS but I'mnot counting any chickens! Look forward to seeing you there.

All being well, Meg and I should be there with Meg's new layout, St Combs - N scale Canadian National

Unfortunately can't be there this year as we are Blackburn. A good little show with excellent food. Hope it goes well for Ian and his helpers.

All being well, Meg, Simon and I will be there with our new layout, "St Combs". Canadian National, 1970s (ish!!) depending on whether Meg buys any more stock! DCC operation with Touchcab. Come and chat and have a play.

All being well, Meg and I will be there with our Prussian HO layout, 'Eisengebrau'. Come and have a chat and a play.

Klinkerhofen set up and seems to work apart from the lighting rig because I forgot to bring the mains lead! Should be remedied for the start of the Show. Come and have a chat and a play.

Klinkerhofen loaded and ready to go

All being well, Meg, Simon and I will be there with our German O layout, Klinkerhofen. Come and chat and have a play.

As one of the beleaguered operators on Klinkerhofen (three of us all weekend on a 22' O gauge layout) I can vouch for it being a tiring weekend - not helped by the hotel being extremely hot overnight as well. We stuck it out until the end but I agree with the earlier contributor that at the end of three days having to join a long queue to access your relevant loading door was not welcome. Difficult to see what the organisers could do to change this, though - not helped by a van being apparently allowed to load across the access path and blocking in four transit vans trying to leave and others trying to gain access. The plan was to break down the layout etc. then seek permission to get the vehicle in. That's fine if everyone adheres to the plan but on my way out to get my vehicle I noticed one van parked ready to load when the layout still had most of the stock on it! We've done this Show for its four years and it is an enjoyable event in the main with friendly, helpful organisers and a wide range of traders and layouts. However, the combination of a largely unventilated marquee and a June date always has the potential for a weekend like this and I don't know if I'd want to take the risk again.

Thanks to Stan and his colleagues for a great weekend with Goose Lake. Nice to see some weel kent faces again.

We got ours the day after we left for the show

If it's going to be a heatwave I'm not coming!! I've just spent three days at the Great Central Event where the temperature in the marquee was 41 degrees and I've no desire to repeat that experience!

My only disappointment was that I didn't get to ride on the big railway having spent so much time in the exhibition marquees where I had the opportunity to have a play on Klinkerhofen on invitation by the very friendly husband and wife team. You were very welcome. Glad you enjoyed driving a train on the layout and thanks for your comment.

As one of the exhibitors, it is very hot inside the marquees. Purgatory! You know it's hot when the chocolate biscuits you left in the hotel never solidify!!

No. I'm still waiting as are others I understand

Hope to be there with our German O layout 'Klinkerhofen' Come and chat.

Back at base with Eisengebrau. Thanks to Peter and colleagues for a most agreeable weekend.