Bezzy Oppo

Myself and my better half own a fishing lake. No 'great shakes' there you may think. And you'd be right. A one acre trout lake in, essentially, a three acre field. Dug by the family in 1980 it has traded steadily ever since catering to the beginner and families market. Now after running it ourselves for the last few years rather than leasing it out, as has been the normal practise, and taking a pragmatic view of the annual accounts and the state of the site building we've decided to redevelop the whole site. 

Yes. We're going to scratch build a model shop! Well a bit more than that actually. A model shop with an exhibition room, cafe and G scale garden layout in a landscaped picnic area. Oh and there will be a long-stay car park and a rather nice camp-site for tourers and tents, and our own take on the in-vogue camping pod - the camping brake van. We also plan to run double track 7 1/4 inch gauge line around the perimeter: in for a penny....

After chatting with Andy York at DEMU showcase the other week he suggested I take RM Webbers on the journey we're about to undertake. The first hurdle? Planning. Yippee! 

Here's the site as it is now:

Location? You'll like it a lot - any guesses?

Congrats on the silverware Martin! Hopefully see you soon somewhere; DEMU?

Just reading the write up for this in the current Railway Modeller and the article talks about a target figure of £1m to buy the land and construct the building ...

 

I think you're quoting a typo, I think there needs to be a zero after the 1?

The one free date may have become two!

 

Have in the last 24 hours had two invites, one as a result of the BRM feature and may expand this to five in 2014  as they are spread through the year.

 

More news soon.......! 

You're just going to have to hope Santa brings a new selection of check shirts Martin! Season's salutations and the like; hope all's well...

Alex

I can't explain it: check shirts are finding their way out of the depths of my wardrobe and throwing themselves into my weekend Ally Pally bag.

They seem to have a slight frosting too...

See you there Martin with Hospital and the gang mob handed!

Because this is the view outside my house at the moment:

I thought I'd post this:

Sub-tropical by comparison!

After further fine fingered frosty fettling by ERFG Kinmundy is nearing its exhibition debut; alliteration allowing as always...