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A great Saturday at the exhibition- a few pics from todays running.

Charwelton is here and up ready for tomorrow! A Slightly wet day but not dampened our spirits (helped by several pints of Old Speckled Hen at the hotel 😂)

The weekend of the show is upon us! Please pop along to see a great show in a unique venue! Supported by our very own cafe with home cooked food throughout the exhibition!

Celebrity class 33 008 ‘Eastleigh’ rests in the yard between engineers duties!

Celebrity class 33 008 ‘Eastleigh’ rests in the sidings between engineers duties.

He must think we’re the Mysterons 🤔😂

With only a couple of weeks to Wigan show the layout has been erected and fully tested before it goes out! plenty of jobs to complete including set up of the semaphore signals, repairs to points & refreshing of some of the scenic sections! Ps- we also found a missing p-way Worker hiding in one of the trees after he must have come detached from ‘terra firma’ at the Perth show

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It was terrible around 89/90, I remember when I bought my XR2i it was one of the most stolen cars per % produced! I had a removable HT lead from the battery along with a hidden ignition cut off switch and crooklock- took me longer to park up than anything else 😂😂

A quick search reveals it only possibly lasted another year as not taxed beyond Oct 1991

In C15779 you have captured a Spuggie perched on the check rail and with its colouring is well camouflaged!

Good afternoon, we are pleased to announce - List of Layouts Attending : Cm3 Models Varies HO French, Ww2 Period (German Occupation) Holgen Bridge Narrow Gauge Dunstan Harbour 4mm Fine Scale Northumberland Fishing Harbour in LNER Days. Ludlow 2mm based on Ludlow Shropshire Kepier Colliery - O Gauge Duncrievie Fuelling Point - 4mm EM Kitson Castle and Picket Pier Light Railway The Depot, Rosedale East North Yorkshire in NER Days 4mm EM Gauge West Pinfold 4mm P4 Rural Branch Station West Yorkshire BR Alwinton 4mm OO Gauge Calaton 2mm Fine Scale 9.25 Gauge (2mm) Northallerton 2mm Holebrook Creek Norwood Yard Mill Lane 0 Gauge Oakhurst Town O Gauge Fine Scale Butcombe Breweries Rivacre Road Wrd Thebrickworks HO Narrow Gauge Newburgh Basin OO Gauge Sawldon Lane Butcombe Breweries Narrow Gauge Newbrough Basin OO Gauge The Brickworks HO Narrow Hauge

Will have to get some speed up to travel the 80 odd miles back to Holmfirth though 🤔😂

I can only comment on the NYMR and having travelled with young children many times (albeit over 10 years ago as kids grown up) and latest journey yesterday. Whitby - One of our favourite coastal spots! And as your based there you can explore at your leisure I guess! Grosmont - the walk to the sheds via one of the oldest railway tunnels in the world is pushchair friendly but a little less so at the shed itself (shop is upstairs and underfoot a little uneven around the site but nothing too bad). Village lovely with pub/cafes and a model shop near the railway. Goathland - (Heartbeats Aidensfield) short walk uphill but not steep into the picturesque village centre. Again pubs/cafes and usually a few Heartbeat themed vehicles and souvenirs to be found. Levisham - a fairly remote station and probably not ideal for pushchairs but plenty of great walking routes but a trek to the actual village. Pickering - lovely small market town. Railway station is right in the centre and great to access the many shops/pubs/cafes/restaurants/flea market and castle! hope this helps! Ps- If you want me to expand (if I can) just shout!

8-a-side football tonight and a celebratory beer after a 6-5 victory scoring 2 goals (extra bonus as not the oldest player on the pitch - 3rd oldest out of 16 😅). Pennine brewery - Black Forest dark ale 4%

It’s a great debating point and a little digging I found this - which can be used to link the breweries water wise Hard/soft. I was thinking more mineral and other content differences between counties but I guess they are linked. We don’t need to de-scale our kettle so we’re soft (not in the head 🍻) here in Darlington at least.

Sounds like there is a ghost somewhere in the machine! Ps- Possibly not a county based water issue if Beers from the Osset brewery, Hawkshead & Brewsmiths are flying off the taps with being based in 3 different counties! Edit- When Brown ale production was moved to Tadcaster it did change and that was blamed on the water if I remember rightly!

I must admit I haven’t tried many of the Durham beers on tap but bottled they are always exceptional to my taste! The only one I have seen in Darlington regularly on tap is Magus and is always spot on when I have previously had it.

I have converted 2 dummy class 20’s (admittedly 4mm) and they sound great paired up! There are some good plugs and sockets around albeit a little more fiddly in 2mm I guess!

An interesting report and a fairly accurate account of proceedings! Not correct though is the phoenix club information as we maintained our club history (formed 1883) and were allowed to retain the name after our re-formed (not new club) status was reviewed by the FA and then reinstated as Darlington FC unlike Chester and Halifax etc unfortunately!

Welcome from another Andy living in Darlington! (I’m near to the former Barton/Merrybent branch but that’s less obvious now unfortunately as it’s under the A1[M]). PS- When your not RM-webbing Pop along to the Darlington MRC at the Head of Steam!

26037 awaiting its next turn of duty!

Playing indoor 5-a-side on one of the hottest days of the year requires a recovery strategy (water intake sorted) so a beer from the Hadrian Border Brewery- Northumbrian Gold 4.5% and very refreshing!

A well know story here in the county and Winston Just over 10 minutes drive from the house!