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Did you fit the Kaydees or were they already like that when you got there?

I read that they were originally fitted with AJs but they had problems coupling them up and loosing wagons along the way.

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Saw this and thought of John (Old Gringo). Looks like his sort of place...

 

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And the sun sets on another day...

 

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Ps, James is ok, we just found a fun way of keeping him still and quiet.

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Yeah, but they're narrow gauge so not proper trains innit  :jester:

And with the amount of holes, rust patches and missing bits I doubt that any of the locos will run again.

 

Interesting comparison. We've just seen the Dawlish line repaired and reopened in not many weeks. The 'Blue Train' route from Mossel bay eastwards was damaged by storms in 2005/6 but is still closed. Would have been amazing to do the line as it takes a Brunel inspired cliff-hanging route.

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I'm back in the UK and have a urge to finish off (or at least progress) the boards for Pencarrow. It has been quite on here for a few weeks so, before returning the thread to building the layout, here's a few snapshots of what I've been up to:

 

Flying

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Driving along dusty tracks

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Looking at 'game' animals in the wild

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Shark cage diving

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Elephant riding

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Handling snakes

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Looking at the stunning scenery - mountains, the coast and the plains

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Being shown that all in South Africa is far from equal

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Seeing loads of sunrises (5am starts on safari days)

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and sunsets

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Holiday of a lifetime and worth all the saving up.

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Today's progress...

 

Lawns cut, weeding done, garden tidied and another Pencarrow board assembled. Took me a while to remember what all the various bits I'd made previously were for!

 

One more to do, the real oddity of the three that also provides the ledge for the fiddle traverser to run on. Must work out how that's going to work at some point...

 

Edit: everything took ages to do today and there were many lapses of concentration - I think I'm still recovering from 11hrs in BA steerage class. 

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