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First of the known losses in the garden. One of the Robins had nested in some Ivy in our front garden about 5ft off the ground, returned home on Friday evening (midnight) to find another bl*&$y cat from next door had tipped the nest out and was eating the contents, didn't even move when the car pulled in. I got out and a large handfull of gravel gave it the idea I was not overly keen on it's company. We think the adult/s got away as we now have the sound of at least one trying to pair up for another go. Bl*&$y cats..............no collar/bell either.

Tempsford - One of the airfields used by SOE operartions during WW2, departure point of many such as Violet Szabo, who never returned.

Too scared to tackle him were you.......... Yes....best not go out there......................bigger boys.....bigger boys...

No, just get a Peregrine Falcon. In London my wife helped set up a Peregrine Falcon watching station at Tate Modern each year, The adults would take the newly fledged chicks to Tate and use the old powerstation chimney as a roost (It's cliff face to them) from there they would set off teaching the young how to hunt and catch prey, They would have Binoculars and telescopes trained on the roost and explain to workers and tourists just how close they were to nature even in a big city. They knew when to set up one year when the director of Tate called the office and said "They're here, half a dead pigeon just landed outside the gallery entrance" They received a lot of help and goodwill in London when "officials" realised what the Peregrines were eating.

Well they call Pigeons "Rats with wings".......

Yes, but I can see myself throwing it at them.....

From what I have read there can be small pockets of behaviour such as this, but on the whole it is man and the moggie that has the greatest effct on nature. For instance we have no squirrels or magpies where we are, what we do have is an abundance of cats, cats and more bloomin cats. Next door to us we have a development of Flats and Masionettes (40) and there are something like 50+ cats in an area about 3 times the size of our garden. The owners seem to have the attitude of throw them out and let them roam. I've managed to keep most out with the help of the hosepipe but every week brings a new one to the area, no collars (maybe chipped ?) or bells that could alert their presence. Have to admit that poor pet ownership gets on my wick a bit.....

A wood Pigeon is fair game for a Female Sparrowhawk but a bit too big for a male. Collared Doves are definately on the menu in our garden with one gone only a few days ago. We have 3 pairs of Blue Tits now nesting in boxes around the garden, and on Saturday morning we had 4 Blackcaps (very unusual) mooching about. As for grey squirrels eating eggs and chicks............fraid not, it's man and cats they have the greatest effect on bird numbers.

Gamlingay (Gamgee) on the Oxford to Cambridge line

Arlesley. Famous for mispronounciations and a looney bin

Wrestlingworth. Where an R Whites Lemonade advert was filmed.

Kempston. adjacent to Bedford and home of police Headquarters and a travellers site.............

Sandy, Meeting place of the GN and the Oxford to Cambridge. Should of been the capital of Bedfordshire

Or, It's not the size but they way I operate it..... I'll get me coat...

Langford. Home of a founding member of the GN society

Yes, especially if they are followers of........The Great Western............witch..witch burn her...

A couple of years ago I was in "The railway Room" when one of my wifes friends called round, they stood in the living room talking to me through a pair of french doors that access the room and after a few mins her friend turned to her and said. "How do you put up with this" and gestured to the layout. My wife replied "It's his and it helps him relax and unwind" Her friend said " well I wouldn't let him have it, no way" So I then asked "How often does Richard go fishing ?" "Too bloody often" came the reply.........I don't think she sees the link...

And she was never gonna give him up, let him down, run around or desert him................... Coat...

But then asking her "can you help with my tripod" does have a certain connotation about it. Oooooh matron Fnarr Fnarr

I'm probably being a bit picky but the station is Sandy, not Sandy North, it's the GN not LNWR (closed and last service 30/12/67 ) and it's £36 for a postcard which is readily available for £2 or a picture print for a fiver. Just seemed a bit steep to me.

Ok so not a model but something I keep an eye on. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sandy-North-Station-L-N-W-Railways-Closed-1968-1910-RP-/390490538852?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item5aeb0cc364 So the postcard is from a picture readily available in large format for a fiver, it is also of the GN not the LNWR and it closed in 67, £35.99 anyone ?

I just accept jokes like these as an amusing piece of wordplay, I didn't realise they all had to be factually correct. I thought it was amusing.

If the garage has enough room for you to make something in then the main factors I can think of are; Access - If you intend to put a door through to the house this must be a fire rated door in a correct frame. Insulation - can't have enough, the more you put in the less heat you have to provide, the more heat you put in the room the more condensation you have to deal with. If the walls are single skin brick you can put a battens on the wall and infill with board insulation (kingspan and celotex rigid foam are better but you can use polystyrene) andthen cover with a board such as plasterboard. Garage door, if this is the only way in the best bet is to construct a stud wall across the garage and divide it, you can then seal the railway room and have some storage. Floor - Concrete floors are awful to spend a long time standing on, you need to either cover it with some layers or better still an insulated false floor. Ceiling - as much insulation as you can get up there and boarded, in winter places such as B & Q have subsidised rolls of quilt for as little a £3-5 for 100mm thick (I'd put 200mm) Ventilation - although you need to seal up any unwanted gaps you do need some controlled ventilation for the room, could be something as simple as a couple of sliding vents. Only got a few minutes and that is all I can think of at the moment.

Funny that, that is what I think of this and the Peterboro North thread, but then some of us have ......work......that gets in the way

Out of interest are you working in a parrallel universe where the hours are made up of more minutes ? Amazing what a deadline can do.