Joseph_Pestell

I think that many here on RMWeb would seriously advise to use a more recent version of Gresley stock. Those 70s/80s era models have many faults. I don't understand the paint technology involved, but teak coaches seemed to weather more than any other, whether varnished or painted. I recall travelling in a Gresley coach on a Liverpool St - Harwich PQ train as a child (1964?). It was so filthy on the outside that one would struggle to know what the colour was below. I'm not sure that a trip through the carriage washer would have improved things. My father (who was a champion worrier) would have preferred to travel in a steel-bodied vehicle as more crashworthu.

EM Gauge Society, if you can find a member to help you.

Featuring on BBC Breakfast this morning. in the middle of a move, this week. But I will find time to get across to Wakefield for this. Just checked for train times and fares and Northern website suggests changing at Stockport and Sheffield (starting from Lostock Gralam). That seems like a strange routing to me.

Not long after Clapham, a relative of mine was working on the railway with contractors. There were many abuses going on at that time. Not sure about hours but there many working without the requisite qualifications/paperwork.

I have considered this for a simple layout project (no station just running lines) in N. There is a Shapeways producer doing EM1 and EM2 bodies which could be modified and put onto Tomix/Kato running gear to produce various forms of locomotive.

Alex Scott does seem to be on the TV rather a lot. Like you, the constant lack of the letter g irritates me. But worst offender? I don't think so. The Home Secretary wins that accolade.

I think that should be clarified. There is no difficulty about attaching an air-source heatpump to an old building. The issue is that ashp puts out the hot water at a lower temperature than a gas/oil/electric boiler. So you need much bigger radiator capacity or dig up all the floors to put in underfloor heating.

The only one child policy was so obviously wrong that one really does wonder how the politicos thought it a good idea. Not only do they have an imminent problem of not enough workers to support the elderly population, but many of these children have been spoiled by newly-wealthy parents. I doubt if they will have the same acumen and work ethic as previous generations.

Taxi drivers often rack up this sort of mileage and more. I wonder what the mileage is on all those old Peugeots that one sees in Africa.

Yes, it would. But not easy to mix gauges at pointwork. Above all, I think that those tiny wheels would derail on a conventional crossing.

Last Friday evening, I was on the road (dual carriageway) between High Wycombe and Maidenhead. When you see the amount of traffic it seems impossible that there was ever a case for closing north from Bourne End. Reopening there has been suggested but the line was built over long ago.

I once lost an ignition key from a Ford Granada. Embarrassing as I had borrowed the car from a friend. As I was trying to break in using a coathanger, the police arrived and, taking my word about the reasons for my actions, proceeded to explain to me how to get in and where to find the reference number for the key (glove compartment lock). Within an hour, I had visited a local hardware store and got a replacement key. As is often the way, we then found the original key. It was under the fridge where one of the cats had pushed it. Some years later, a friend lost the key to her Fiesta. I found the reference number in the same way and went to the local Ford dealership who refused to believe that it was right. Once again, local lock shop came to the rescue.

Not easy to find the right sort of owner when you are down in the third tier. Much more mobility between the different tiers these days though so still cause for hope. One wonders how the financial management of these clubs can be so inept. Rooney has always had a good football brain. Probably more apt to be a coach than a manager though. Derby need someone more experienced right now.

Thanks for the info. I will definitely order a few for a small project.

Easily sorted by the purchaser's name being written on the ticket.

A former girlfriend had a washing machine in her bathroom: quite common in France. I wanted to wire it with a fixed fused output but I was advised that the electrical regs insist on a socket.

Just back from attending a wedding in Bucks. The church service was in Burnham but the reception some miles further west at Bisham Abbey. The luckier of us got accommodation within the National Sports Centre. Some what surreal to have breakfast yesterday with the Red Roses (England Womens' Rugby Team) who I am watching now on the television. This morning's fellow breakfasters were the Manchester Utd U-16 Academy team, a very polite, well-behaved group of lads.

It seems to be working well for most. But still IT glitches causing some people to be misdirected to centres that they can not get to. My cousin lives in Dover and was being directed to vac centres in Essex. Her sister got an appointment where she lives in Deal (only five miles from Dover).

Very variable service is certainly impacting on take-up. My cousin is having great difficulty getting through to the booking services and has been offered boosters at locations at least 60 miles away that she can't get to as she does not drive. Yet her sister had no difficulty getting an appointment.

With that many dolls to accommodate, I think that 1 & 2 would be combined on a gantry spanning the tracks. NER seemed to like gantries.

I visited the show at Gaydon yesterday. Plenty of visitors and the traders seemed busy. It's a "difficult" venue with lots of small rooms but I think the Exhibition Manager could have managed to be more Covid aware with larger aisles and a one-way system. Space to stand and watch the excellent Ellesmere layout was lacking. No lift between the two floors of the exhibition and, apparently, no stairs, although there must be. Difficult for someone like me who can not do down escalators at present. Very few mask wearers, as indeed at my hotel in Coventry.

With that space to play with, all options are possible. And plenty of space for storage yards. I would stick with the broad outline of Clive's layout (storage yard to storage yard) but have a four-track section on the "roundy-roundy". An alternative to the peninsular terminus is two termini back-to-back - simplifies the electrickery.

Boris Johnson has a large neck.

I am just going through the process of registering with a new GP. Lots of forms, hours on the phone, etc. Politicians tell us that Covid restrictions were to stop the NHS being overwhelmed. Well, sorry guys, you are too late. It is already completely broken. Lots of daft questions in these forms. What exactly is the relevance of a 17" neck?

I don't think that it is the Laws that have caused this but a failure by referees to apply the Laws. I think that I only saw one straight feed into a scrum last season. As a former 2, it is a cause of great annoyance.