Abergwaun

Ow yes indeed my copy’s here

I read it drinking my nightly beer

The irony of my poem in vain

we’ re in lock down ......don’t complain.

Moan and groan and make a fuss

talk and rabbit about seeing a bus

read your copy when it comes

meanwhile sit there on your bums

On 30/03/2020 at 16:10, NHY 581 said:

 

 

Good call. 

A certain weather presenter easily viewable on BBC Wales some mornings and evenings was the inspiration !!!!! Now that’s a Minx 

Chinchilla dust !!!!!! That’s what the Upton Icon uses (Noisey Welshman to Queensquare) I am assured that he washes it first.

Not sure if this is an area related group, but Cardiff Exhibition would be interested in joining in, contact  Graham Tierney

And some demos that might be worth a quick look.

It may be a small one day show but always worth a couple of hours of any ones time. Not to be missed

As has been pointed out by Prof. Queensquare the catering is out of the hands of the exhibition organisers and the school itself, it is run by Cardiff Catering i.e. the catering arm of Cardiff County Council who run catering at all Cardiff County Schools. Following a stuttering start when we first started using the school we have developed a good relationship with the Catering Staff employed at the school, rest assured that the complaints voiced will be taken up with the Staff. However ”Gordon Blue” standards cannot be guaranteed.

We have to accept that Railway Modelling like most other things in life is changing, apparently something to do with progress and ‘tinterweb. In the good old days we went to exhibitions to see layouts and buy things from traders who were there in abundance. The layout element still exists but the general traders that will attend exhibitions are getting as rare as hens teeth because they can sell as much, or more, on the Internet without moving from their shop, or in some cases their lounge. 

There is a double whammy as attendance at exhibitions generally is falling gradually year on year, and without “punters” traders don’t sell things. If they can be press ganged into attending they will not return in following years if sales are poor. 

A trawl through ‘tinterweb will show that a rising number of traders have withdrawn from attendance at exhibitions and others have sold their businesses so the available pool is diminishing.

Which layout is this then ???????

Well the van is booked, not sure we can get it into the car park

And, apparently the horse carts on the layout are the products of the Upton Icon, a must see for all

Watch for the traffic jams on the M4, you have a long journey bringing Sherton Abbas to the show so start off early.

Investigate Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition in the Exhibitions section of this(RMWeb) site, it’s all there !!!!!!

You are not coming back only to play trains you are coming home to get some of The Ferret’s Welsh Cakes - a true taste of Kardiff 

Brian, IF you are a very good boy you can have a Proper Welsh Cake at The 33rd Cardiff Model Railway Exhibition. The misses says that bake stones are what Welsh Cakes are made on, no wonder you want to change to Bread Pud

It will obviously be another OUTSTANDING show, details of the brilliant layouts that will be there will surely follow over the coming weeks.

Bringing the politics of EM/P4/S4 and their various complications into a discussion on track heights seems a little perverse. The point clearly made by Penlan was that the new EM gauge track, and presumably the points as well, are a different height to the other commercially available track systems. As a result getting the top of the rail level, and incase the point is clouded by the politics, that’s what your stock runs on, means that some careful packing will be required somewhere. So it’s not a universal system.

AND after a 2 year holiday in Deepest Darkest South Wales, the Preston Cup will be coming home. It’s lived comfortably in my “toy room” well wrappped up in its shoe box due to the snow last year.

Its making whining noises so I think that it’s pinning for Les. Perhaps it’s hungry, I have fed it Welsh Cakes but it doesn’t eat them !!!!!!

IF the weather forecast for Saturday is correct (would Benaz tell porkies???) then THE Cardiff Small show is the place to be.

Chris, that’s one hell of a diversion, deserves a cuppa on arrival !!!!!!!!

A show that is “small but finely marked” and always a good selection of what’s best locally.

Cracking show again with good attendance, thanks to all who turned up as visitors,exhibitors,traders and demonstrators. Videos are available on YouTube for those who missed it, just search Cardiff Show 2018.

Cracking day today, good numbers in attendance, all exhibitors, traders and demonstrators having a ball. Be there or be SQUARE tomorrow

I'll be there, later !

Hopefully we’ll all be there later !!!!!!!!!