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Lovely stuff, Jesse, Thanks for posting. However, please paint those coach roofs grey/black. And now for something completely different! My ignorance of this particular loco was absolute. It's a London Brighton & South Coast Railway 'Dieppe' Class 2-2-2 (has such a thing ever appeared before on RMweb?), built in EM Gauge. It was lined (though not painted) by Geoff Haynes, and I've taken pictures of it for his portfolio. I thought I'd share them on here......... Regards, Tony.

Some ECML photos for today taken between Grantham and Retford. Dry Doddington Class 55 down May 78 J6055 Dry Doddington Class 47 up April 79 J6414 Dry Doddington 254035 down March 83 J7821 Carlton on Trent 254014 up May 78 J6065 GamstonClass 254 up June 79 J6524 David

I have to go to the other side of Nottingham later. There appears to be only one route open, so the traffic should be fun. First though, a relaxing day, and some running of trains. Earlier we had another Class C heading for Edinburgh, and unlike the Scotch goods, this one was allowed to use the main. Then a Cravens DMU appeared, having come from Skegness, and having had a fish van attached to the rear. While looking for something else entirely, I found some gangway connectors which claimed to be for a Cravens unit, so I attached them, and here is the proof. So there is a slight improvement. I shall now wait for Clive to tell me everything else which is wrong.

Afternoon Awl, back home again, Well for the last few days we've been at my other home, that is my parents.. We drove up, on Friday, the only problem being a massive traffic jam just before Beattock summit, while in the queue, a lorry tow truck and three car recovery trucks went up the hard shoulder. We got to the front to find one of those flashing light lorries telling us to change lanes.. So we did, it promptly pulled up it's lights and departed leaving the road ahead clear in that lane but we were now trapped in another. Saturday, went to Forth Valley hospital to see my Dad, I thought he looked very bad, but my sisters say it's an improvement. Spent a few hours there, Came home complete with added novovirus, that night both of us were very Ill, we spent Sunday and Monday recovering, we are both not right yet, but well enough to drive back with many extra stops as a precaution.. Having now got novovirus we couldn't visit again for a week, so we've come back early to recover here. We've promised to go back in a month or two or three. Unfortunately walking Ben became a real problem especially Sunday, he didn't get the distance he really should, even his short morning walk was interuppted by me needing to find somewhere out of the howling wind to sit and rest. He was really good about it and dutifully sat next to me and waited. A good drive back, the only reportable incidents were the car getting suddenly shoved sideways by the wind while, crossing the Solway firth, and torrential rain in central Norfolk. I have a Muggacoffee to hand, once that's gone so am I good night..

Very pleased with how this photo turned out. The leading vehicle is a DS NER luggage brake, my first brass kit I built only a year or so ago, I know I am missing a few bits of it, they are on the to do list. More photos on the Brighton Junction thread.

Apparently Dave Hunt and I are the only people in Shropshire that have not required evacuation or been delivered sand bags or any other flood defence accoutrements. I have Agreed that since the Hippodrome is a few feet lower than the Control Tower, should Muddy Hollow (Forward) burst it's banks, then I will call Biggles to let him know, prior to a leisurely amble up the Wrekin to a slightly higher elevation. We ought to be safe at the base of the transmitter!

Good morning all, There is some sunshine and blueish sky here . A blustery day forecast with showers later which could become heavy. A quick shopping trip needed for a couple of essential food items. No kids today as it's half term although Gemma is rather distraught as she has to to go into school for a couple of mornings for exam revision. Shed visited and as usual I managed to c#ck one or two things up. At least I am consistent. I think I shall have a plaque made for The Shed with the inscription "Bob's Folly." Maybe I should go with earlier suggestions by friends and family when it was built and turn it into a pub. Have a good one, U.S.E. Lessmodeller.

Good morning one and all I found a very pleasant surprise on the doormat yesterday. My friend Mary, she with whom I dine in Weybridge from time to time, has been having a clear-out and “no longer needs” one of her Strawhead T shirts. Who Strawhead? My all time favourite band that I followed up and down the land for over 30 years until they retired circa 2014. It is immaterial that I already have a shirt just like it and very material that I should wear it next time we dine together. What a kind thought! I could never bring myself to part with any of my Strawhead regalia, and there is a lot of it, believe me! Not so nice is the pile of ironing awaiting my “pleasure” but it must be done. It is not all handkerchiefs but will seem like it by the time I have finished. Tonight there is supposed to be another film in the LGBT season but we’ll see. I have to remember to phone the pub in Harpenden that will be playing host to the inmates of Area Group tomorrow night. What will they think if I book a table for however many it is and nobody dines? Only one way to find out, I suppose. I’m not sure what to say about last night’s Panorama programme revealing all about Amazon. “Big Brother is watching you”, perhaps. It was definitely scary. I doubt that I will ever know what my friend the rising young Amazon executive thinks, or even if it is worth asking him. Not for the first time I say: “Oh, Harry, what have you done?” Best wishes to all Chris

Last posting before Glasgow, featuring more work on coaches: The Gresley D.115 TK Hornby conversion had its sides affixed and here has had the cream followed by custard (!) spray treatment. Meanwhile... Another vehicle targeted to make its debut is the kitchen car for the Midday Scot. Tis is a Comet kit for a D.1697 LMS Kitchen car (pre-Stanier), which was kindly assembled by Mr. Duck of this parish. He left me to sort out the ventilators so, following careful study of photos, this is what I came up with. The so-called ventilators above the square windows are actually from an etch for a planked wagon end, upon which I have scribed additional lines before fitting as shown. Now with custard and cream treatment. Might as well do the two together. And these are their portraits taken just, as they will appear at Glasgow. I don't think you have to be too eagle-eyed to spot that neither is QUITE finished ... Interiors mainly. I'll get them fully finished for the York show. Hopefully ... See you in Glasgow, if you're going. Otherwise, there'll no doubt be some sort of post-show report.

Good evening everyone The phlebotomy department was very busy this morning, in fact it was standing room only not long after I’d booked in. I was finally seen 15 minutes later than my allotted time, which is quite unusual, as I normally get there early and generally seen early too. Anyway, all went well and I was home for just after 11 o’clock, so a quick muggertea was had after which a start was made on finishing the part made circuit boards. So far I’ve done 10 main relay control boards, I have just 3 of these left to do. 10 point control boards, leaving another 18 to complete and 7 point sensor boards, leaving 25 of these left to complete, so some good progress has been made. Dennis the menace seems to have been very kind to us. We live about 2 miles from the River Mersey and on my way to ‘The Christie’ this morning I drove over it 4 times and each time I had a good view of the water. It looks a lot higher than normal but no where near the top of the river banks. But some of the fields next to it were 25% water, which to be fair is quite normal after a lot of rain. Marmalade, both Sheila and I love it, particularly lime or lemon and lime marmalade, but to be honest, I prefer jam to marmalade. Goodnight all

Another view of 60090, from under Crescent Bridge. The W1 is also heading away from PN, and the cameraman will very shortly be stepping back smartly.

The gearboxes arrived promptly (as always) from Branchlines. Branchlines 30: RU with the Mabuchi motor bolted on. It fits at a slight angle but the holes match up. Chain drive between axles added, plenty of room at the side of this 4mm gearbox and for once the chain is perfect for length with 10 tooth sprockets. Pickups and brakes added, everything but the mechanism sprayed black. The outer frames locate on the brake hanger wires and with half etches on the end stretchers, the long "tags" hanging down will have the sandpipes attached to them. At this point I remembered that the inner ones are only required for the EB1 (rebuilt No.11) which had even more sandboxes. The two completed bogies on the test track but not wired together yet. Buffer beams are laminated from five layers, I found the white metal buffer housings in the bits box but don't know where they came from. They needed drilling out in the lathe and heads machining from brass - anyone know whose they might be? Moulded sandboxes and axleboxes glued on, the brake rigging and sandpipes added. The riveted angles on the inner stretchers are visible but may yet need to be reduced in size when the cab steps are fitted, those on the buffer beams are omitted since they are almost completely hidden by the sandboxes. Back to the body now, the pantograph rails have to be built up on the roof, a half etch on the top and the sides seen below simulate the channel section of these rails. The tops are squeezed together and soldered to form the pantograph pivots. Vertical part of the rainstrip angle and the cross reinforcing angles added - this is one job which has to be done from the outside hence the unusual amount of cleaning up I had to do. The end handrails aren't too difficult, the lengthways pillars are fitted first with straight lengths of wire. Then the final handrail is formed in one piece, it curves down at the end as well as round the corners, three pillars threaded on the wire before soldering everything up. Most of the loco on the test track, before the buffers were fitted. Steps and lamp brackets next and the just the pantographs to build - this will be the last job to avoid damage as they are built up in situ.

I've never actually heard of anyone doing the east side of the Brocken thing - the tricky bit would be getting back through the buffer zone and the various missile belts, not to mention avoiding the inevitable court martial should you survive. The craziest rite of passage thing I ever heard of involved USMC Phantom back seaters. The aircraft had two separate cockpit canopies that could be opened below 60 knots and the trick was to land with a chinagraph pencil mark on the outside of the front canopy. This was achieved by the back seater unstrapping then the pilot putting the aircraft into a steep climb at low power and bunting over the top of the arc in a zero G manoeuvre. As the speed approached 60 knots the back seater opened his canopy, stood up and reached over to put the cross on the outside of the front canopy, hastily sat down again and closed his canopy before the speed built up enough to prevent it closing and rip it off. I never actually met anyone who had done it but the USMC guys I flew with for a short while at Yuma swore it had been done several times. Ever so slightly insane was my verdict. My own silliest moment was probably seeing how high I could get a clean wing (I.e., no underwing stores) F4 one night in the 70s by accelerating to about Mach 1.5 at about 35,000 feet then putting it into a 60 degree climb in full reheat and waiting. Unfortunately as we went heavenward the engines decide this wasn't a good idea and eventually as we flopped over the top, at which stage I no longer had any control over what was happening, they both went out. Apart from the obvious lack of power problem, this also meant we no longer had proper cabin pressurisation so the situation wasn't really all that good but before things got really drastic we fell into more habitable parts of the atmosphere and eventually I got the two Speys running again. Somewhat chastened we went home and in all the excitement I'm not even sure how high we did get. The things you do when you're young and stupid eh? Sometimes I do wonder how I got to be an old man. At the moment the main problem is a return of the lurgy so I'm typing this in bed feeling like rubbish. Hope the rest of you are having a good day and carpeing it. Dave

'Planet' diesel 'Dorothy' from the Vale of Radnor Light Railway seen in the yard:

Tuesday, my most busy day normally but, as others have mentioned, the grandkids are on half term holiday so not quite as mad. SWMBO has an appointment at her preferred beautification palace (I’m surprised that she doesn’t report them to Trading Standards for taking money under false pretences) for a pedicure. That means yet another round of chauffeuring for yours truly. Fish to buy and later cribbage to play will complete the day. Yesterday’s weigh-in produced further evidence that the regime I am following is having a small but positive effect. Breakfast later will therefore comprise bacon, eggs and mushrooms. I do like marmalade and have made it at times, usually far more than we require and so batches are in part handed around. With SWMBO also not eating bread products unless we have guests staying over, we probably have enough marmalade to see us out! I liked grapefruit marmalade but it doesn’t like my statins, lime and lemon have been often enjoyed but the staple of course is orange and I do add a small amount of whisky to the brew as it cools down because orange and whisky flavours marry well. A contractor of Mr Bezos’s large ladies delivered bits to relieve my inflamed plantar fasciitis and to connect more periphery devices to my laptop without overloading the computer’s on-board USB power supply. Both seem to live up to expectations so far but I have discovered the failure of my “Time Machine” back-up hard drive, the reason I felt the urge to connect more devices to the laptop, is actually only due to a faulty USB3 to USB-C cable - grrrrr and I didn’t need to spend over one hundred muddling tokens on a new 1TB solid state drive! Another “Is it me?” rant moment occurred during a news broadcast where the programme highlighted that some afflicted by the floods had not insured their properties. A senior Welsh politician then piped up that “government would pay the bill”. I’m very sorry if anyone gets flooded out. Living in Bath, it happened quite often to those who lived close to the River Avon and I always volunteered to help if I was at home. However, people who buy properties likely to flood should apply a modicum of common sense in the process and those who buy to let them to others are even more exploitative, include in that local government housing departments who built some of them and local planning departments who continue to allow applications on such sites despite fully knowing the ever increasing risk. Having bought or rented property and then made a decision NOT to insure it and it’s contents is a failure in sensible decision making. For government officials to then say that they will recompense householders who failed to insure themselves will only result in further householders not ensuring against such risks and the burden falling on all taxpayers - including those who do make considered judgement and take out insurance. Rant mode off. To those with lurgi and sufferers of other afflictions, I wish you continuing recovery and where necessary, may Arthr and his mates stay at bay. With the silence from Sir Topham Hat, I trust all is going well for the arrival of their first. Will he or she come with a morning coat and waistcoat I wonder? I’m off to seize the rest of the day, hope you can too.

Morning all from south of La Manche. Our friends arrived safely yesterday and I was roundly castigated for not discovering another 6 deaceased rodents under various items of furniture. My only excuse was my gender. However I was thanked for lighting the fires. They came round for an excellent meal last night. Spag Bol folliwed by apple crumble with custard. One of Draculas daughters called this morning to take a donation from Beth. I was complimented on my French as it was me that booked the appointment. A nice start to the day. Various minor tasks to do today. The mini tractor started first time with the new battery so I now need to put some air in the front tyres, cut some wood and file a few holes. Then I'll be taking Beth to the Dr's as one of her knees is playing up. I wish all in the UK well with the results of Dennis. A road half a miles from Rachel's home was mentioned as being flooded on Look North yesterday. Fortunately they aren't affected. Lock Lane Castleford has always flooded. Mine owners built their pits on higher ground. I asked her if she'd taken young Emily for a paddle. I won't print the reply. Regards to all. Jamie

I can just imagine Biggles doing that, using a glass plate camera dangling over the side of his F2. (The Bristol version, not the Tornado variant.)

It doesn't entirely agree with information recently posted elsewhere which stated the USCG attended the vessel in order to evacuate the crew because the vessel was drifting with a complete power failure. Based on the position where it was sighted by HMS Protector it's not all that odd that it has since drifted onto the coast of Ireland as it has obviously finally been caught by the Gulf Stream/Gulf Stream Drift although it has taken quite a time to cross the Atlantic. The oddity is that it actually made it that far without being involved in a collision as it crossed various shipping lanes or foundering for some other reason.

' morning all from red dragon land. Photo books turned up on Saturday and no errors. A few were posted yesterday and should arrive at family addresses today. Hope they like it! A bit of oomph is gradually returning so hopefully I will be fit for purpose at Betws at the weekend - Geirionydd is back in steam. Ray had to take a circular route to Betws on Sunday as part of the A5 was closed due to yet another tree down with electricity lines. Fallen trees, flooding and landslip had been the previous weekend's plot which did stop play. Time to put the hoover round. Thoughts with any who are adversely affected by the floods etc. Sunday, a bottle of milk got spilt on the kitchen floor - that was bad enough. It took us both to mop and clean up and caused quite a bit of stress as it got under the fridge and adjacent cupboards. It could have been a whole lot worse but, thankfully, a couple of towels were conveniently within arms reach and saved the day and no odour on the carpet tile it reached on the other side of the breakfast bar. Just a minor irritation. I feel so much for those losing everything. Small incidents throw so much light on others' disasters. Best wishes Polly

Morning All A quick check in to wish all ERs generic greetings, and to express a wish that there is nobody affected by the flooding. Looks as if Shropshire is still suffering, but it seems that every news bulletin brings more and more misery. Fodder run this morning, need to visit both Horrorsons and Aldi - I don't think we need any marmalade as we appear to have some in the store cupboard. Got to take 30747 to work, so will probably just head on from there to the food shops, Regards to All Stewart

Andy, I have asked before, but ET is a ‘gauge wars free zone’ and I don’t want my thread descending into arguments about choices of track. I’m very happy with my choice as I’m sure you are with yours. Please just respect those differences and let’s just enjoy the hobby. I want this thread to be a gentle diary of my endless attempts to build something that will bring me untold pleasure in my later years of life. Discussion and disagreement of track standards just devalues this journey, so I really would appreciate it if you could have those discussions elsewhere. Sometimes ignorance is bliss........

Or signal boxes?

Good morning everyone Today is Sainsbury’s Grand Prix day, Sheila did say she wanted to join me, but has now decided that she’ll stay at home and join me on another day, this now means that I will be back a lot sooner than I’d expected. This afternoon I’ll be making cakes for tomorrow evening’s dessert, black velvet have been requested so that’s what they’ll get. I doubt that I’ll get any work done with the soldering iron done today, but there’s always tomorrow. Carpe diem, back later

Morning, looks like we might get a better day, suns out and the winds dropped, might go out with the camera, if there's any snow I might go into the hills, take care and have as good a day as is possible given the weather some folks have been experiencing.

Here goes nothing.... With the layout itself still in a right mess, I couldn't help but take some photos now that the ballast is more or less complete. Here we have one of my favorite formations, an A2 on the Parcels. A view looking north, with an O4 waiting for the clear to move onto the mainline after hauling a loaded coal train from Colwick, she's stopped however due to a B16 heading south with a fitted goods. I've included both pictures I took, as I cannot decide which I like better. The O4 is now on its way, crossing onto the mainline. A J11 has arrived from the North with a slow short goods train and is halted in the UP passing loop. Here's why; as a K3 comes thundering through with an express goods. A GNR built O2 heads North with a goods train. A4 4491 'Commonwealth of Australia' is in charge of the UP Flying Scotsman. An 02 clunks over the Junction and heads towards Nottingham with a slow goods. and last but not least, a C1 on an ECML stopper. Yes I know Tony, I need to buy more lamps...

When Aditi’s parents were married in Delhi shortly after Partition the previous networks for families choosing spouses were disrupted. They met with assorted other eligible young persons for tea supervised by the mothers and aunties. Aditi’s Dad was supposed to look out for another young lady but noticed MiL because he noticed she didn’t just sit there politely. She had got up and poured her own tea. She surprised their families when after the wedding, instead of staying in Delhi she went with him to live in a tent. He was a doctor in a refugee camp.

Really pleased about and thanks for all the support and likes for the Cambrian open and 5551.

Ey up! Nice evening last night. Food excellent as was the wine. We sat talking with a couple of people from Perth (Australia). They had adjusted their trip when the Te Anou to Milford Sound Road was flooded out last week. It may open this week but some friends were due there next week..they are now visiting doubtful sound instead ..the trip companies have moved the catamarans round from one sound to another. Breakfast will be consumed then we are off to Waneka to look at some aeroplanes (their biennial Warbirds over Wanaka show is this Easter. One of the highlights is a P40 Kittyhawk doing strafing runs with blanks in its 0.5" ma deuces...shame we are missing that!) Time for a mugacaff then breakfast...wooopppiddoo! Enjoy the rest of the day! Baz

A bright start to the day has deteriorated to some showers, although no heavy rain. A mystery of a missing Amazon delivery has been solved; the residents 3 doors down have just handed over the parcel. It would help if the tracking info showed which letterbox they had stuck the packet into!

Seizing of the fish will have become distressingly easier for residents in parts of Herefordshire and Shropshire, several areas of Wales and of northern England of late. The river here has accelerated to "fast-flow" mode and is only just contained within its banks though the level is managed upstream by the Thames Conservancy to the extent possible with locks and weirs. Teddington Weir is in full spate. A decent king tide now or an increase in storm water coming downstream will have the Ham Lands and parts of this side flooded. In other news today has been Tuesday. I hope it treated you fairly and respectfully.

Greetings all from LBG, where I can see a little bit of blue sky, but it is very windy. Today is one of those days where lots of demands are being made but when I follow up with the demanders they are not available to talk about whatever it was they wanted to talk about. Mrs Lurker is out this evening so I will need to get out of the office pronto; I was in well before 8 so I won't feel guilty. Best wishes to all

'Planet' diesel 'Dorothy' from the Vale of Radnor Light Railway seen in the yard:

Morning gang.... Well after yesterdays frivolous session with a Big Boy thrashing round, it was almost time to stop playing and get back to construction. Almost, but not quite... Seems most of the RTR stuff has suffered no ill effects from being shut away for years. Open the box, plonk it on the track and away it goes. Sadly my kit built stock had to be coaxed into action, but a few minutes lubrication on all the moving parts seemed to work wonders and it was good to see them run, in many cases for the first time, apart from a six foot test plank that was set up on my dining room table all those years ago. This mornings gratuitous loco shot is a DJH 8F. Although I'm an LNER fan, there were certain LMS locos that were a must have and the 8F and Black 5 have always been favourites of mine. Photography can be a cruel friend and the first think that jumped out at me was the screw coupling on the front. Having what appears to be a small nail in the coupling, does nothing for the loco, so that will have to be replaced at some time in the future. The good news is that having given all the wheels a minor clean and lubricated all of the moving parts, 48209 came into life and trundled happily around the track. 'Nuff playing for a while as the next week or two (or longer) will be spent modifying the approach board to ET station to accommodate the four separate loops that will allow four trains to run at once. A bit like Hadley Wood tunnel all those years ago, the 4 into 2 around a good third of the layout would have caused some operation difficulties, hence the latest redesign. This will be the last modification to the existing boards and with luck I will keep trains running whilst work progresses. It means removal of the turnout A, which will be replaced with plain track. Transition from the inner slow line to the outer fast line will now be via a new crossover that will be built shortly and inserted at point B. All of that is pretty straightforward. The tricky bit is widening the existing track bed out to take the revised slow line, which will now run in parallel to join the work that has already been completed. It should be fine as it basically mirrors the work done the other side of ET where the outer slow line starts, but you never know what challenges these jobs present until you get started. This work may however be overtaken, as I have to return to my youth and strip our mower down to try and get the Honda 4 stroke engine to kick into life. A new plug and set of five carburettor/inlet gaskets turned up yesterday and I was reminded over breakfast 'are you going to get the mower done today?' Having thought a little more about it, I don't think it was question..... Bless 'em....

Morning all Greetings from sunny Essex. Aditi is hosting a French Circle committee meeting this afternoon. I will not be required. If the car tyre has lost pressure I will go and sort it out. I will investigate after breakfast. Tony

Time for me to say.. Carpe diem Positive thoughts to all who ail and all of our "missing" ERs. Then it goodnight from me.. Baz

Nope you're spot on. This is as far as I got with it...: I really must dig it out and finish it at some point. Al.

Evening all. It seems that the after-effects of Dennis the Menace have played out all over our isles. Flooding at Leatherhead isn't dreadfully unusual but for it to close the railway is. Shrewsbury seems to have become an island. There is yet another landslip on the Horsham - Dorking line (three this year so far?) and both routes through Edenbridge are affected by major breaches. Among many other problems of course. On the positive side former colleague at the Palace of Attendance has become married in a full Indian ceremony and, in a tradition less often observed these days, to a man she barely knew a month ago and was matched with by the families. Former Neighbour (Australian), now living in the Neverlands, has also today announced that she and her young man are "Samenwonen" which is apparently a Dutch term used for being married without the formalities. So a day of varying fortunes and varying water levels. Our thoughts extend to those affected in any way by floods and storm damages. And to all ERs who may be feeling under the weather or in need of support in any form.

Hope you don't live in Blackpool Road/Street that will therefore be flooded soon and if the map is right High Street might also be affected. Reminds me of a previous time when we ferried people from riverside homes to the Burton Town Hall in our Red Cross ambulances. TV camera crew came in about 0400 hours ... one of the times (although sitting on the floor trying to rest I didn't look my best!) that ended up on the screens. Other things that have appeared: marmalade ... no thank you. Aircraft those that spring to mind: Dakota to Jersey: 6-seater (including pilot) in Wales: BA111 to Glasgow, remembered because of the clear view of the construction of the QE2; VC10 to Canada (very pleasant and return journey leaving very late in the evening and then over the intercom "Breakfast is Served"): Vanguard and DC3 Canada - Wonderfull view of Winnipeg Siding and gong over the Rockies was wonderful: cannot remember the aircraft for Switzerland, can remember the snow, but it did involve changing aircraft at Schipol to get to Birmingham: also the Monarch bone shaker (Britannia?) to Italy. Guys, thanks for the memories. BT UK and World News does not exist anymore by the look of things and setting up other news to come up immediately - my IT skills are not up to that Tony and am now only just over a mobile telephone that could only text or make calls to one with a camera and other wonders I believe. Latest rant - AI and IT inability to recognise a D-B name/surname and use a small letter for the second name - banks are one of the worst offenders -Rant over. Also noticed that some 'likes' etc. did not appear - probably my fault. Hope everybody gets over the extremely bad flooding.

Thank goodness most kitchens now have kicker boards that are clipped into place - they allow easy removal for cleaning underneath in such an event. Of course getting that low down and (more so) getting back up again can be an issue to the older fraternity....

Morning All not much on today , I did manage to get some pictures up in the lounge yesterday I will start filling holes in the last owners made bloody great nails that damaged the walls were used for the smallest of pictures you can see what size they were by the dirty mark where they hung. lots to do in every room I'm trying to maximize my efforts to do things that create the biggest impact and silly jobs like putting a door handle the right way up a screw in a light fitting to hold the glass bowl in place, bit by bit filling the original settlement cracks in, taking out miles of telephone cable and aerial leads that criss cross the flat that's just nailed into the wall it was expected, I bought some new sets of bedding to get rid of the flowery sh!te the slapped #rse always got gone for a modern image sharp contrasting colours it's brightening this place up no end to get rid of the sh!tty Magnolia. I've to let Zeus out for a pee at 2pm , shopping at Horrorsons I wont use the local Stainsburys as its filthy and another visit to the Duckery at 4pm to see a new Quack BP is all over the place it's every time the #itch bothers me. better get on I've got to put the new bedding in the wash as its got shop pong. Enjoy your day B Endix

Just hope that his old mates don't mistake it for the Brocken. I believe that one rite of passage before the fall of the Berlin Wall, was to take photos of the east side of the Brocken. Along with selfies taken throught the cockpit canopy. Jamie

Flooding in the UK appears to be quite widespread. I do hope that flooding in the UK recedes quickly and everyone effected has access to the help they need. There's been a lot of that going on. Semi-locally, we had serious flooding of the Umatilla River in Eastern Oregon. (Pendleton is about 3½ hours drive away from Portland.) A fast snow melt following rain, flooded the town of Pendleton. Many people in remote areas upriver were rescued by helicopter. A woman who refused to leave her rural property was washed away and died. Many roads and bridges were destroyed and I84 was closed for several days. The Pearl River in central Mississippi is cresting with extensive flooding. Last week there was minor flooding after heavy rains in the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast hinterlands in south east Queensland with at least one casualty. A couple of weeks ago there was heavy monsoonal rain with flooding in northwest Queensland. Here, one cannot complain. Today is partly cloudy and dry. As I type, bright sunshine is illuminating bright clouds with patches of blue sky. It's not warm but nor is it really cold. Temperatures might approach 12°C later in the week before rain returns.

The Hindu temple in Nottingham has a huge metal rather industrial looking extractor funnel above the fire. This is in the middle of what was a Victorian junior school hall. The ceremonies in people’s homes with everyone round a fire were “interesting”. At one ceremony a non Hindu relative misunderstood and instead of adding a few drops of ghee to the fire chucked a jug full . Amazed that MiLs ceiling wasn’t sooty afterwards. They had a very high ceiling fortunately.

And now lettered.

Evening all. Met with a couple of former work colleagues today for coffee then went for a haircut and had the mother of all nosebleeds in the local shopping mall. It must have been my excitement at the barber actually finding some hair to cut that did it. Muddling goes on apace, I've even updated my layout thread. Well it has been nearly a year.

Last night I made the chimney breasts for the three longer platform buildings. This picture is just to show the guts of a building. I found it best to let the paint become touch dry before wiping it off gave the best results. Door muntings have been picked out in green. With my ginger buddy snuggled up in the styrene drawer. Picture of Brow lane bridge which shows the scribbed stone work to good effect. And lastly a train. That Q6 on Goathland again.

A couple of photos from the fiddle yard end and one of a fairly new mineral wagon that's been loaded a few times in the rain.

Evening all from Estuary-Land. The lurgi has come back with a cough as well as the blocked up nose. Extra reinforcement of the Lem-sip tonight required. I found the owners letter reminiscent of one of those e-mails from Nigeria telling you that you have inherited millions of dollars. Apparently it has been drifting around the Atlantic for 15 months, the crew were rescued by the US Coastguard in October 2018.