Barry Ten

Whoever wrote the cooking instructions for this "Old El Paso Enchilada kit" must have a sideline in model railway products.

thinks the arteries have definitely gone all hard. Looks like I might be darkening the door of A&E again :-(

Watching The Last Jedi on DVD - somehow managed to avoid all the spoilers until now.

Finally listening to the Joni Mitchell boxset I bought about three years ago ...

Back from my first post 6 pm run of the year. I do like the longer evenings.

Back from my first post 6 pm run of the year. I do like the longer evenings.

Loco modding to the tune of New Gold Dream. Bliss.

Is giving his SECR H Class a good run. I had forgotten how pretty the Edwardian livery was.

Saw the Northern Lights last night, admittedly from a plane, but beautiful all the same.

Stevie Nicks is like Led Zeppelin for me. Don't listen to them for ages but then "rediscover" them and can't understand why I don't listen to them more often. Amazing music, no other word is suitable.

Stevie Nicks is like Led Zeppelin for me. Don't listen to them for ages but then "rediscover" them and can't understand why I don't listen to them more often. Amazing music, no other word is suitable.

is amazed at https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/science/falcon-heavy-spacex-launch.html Boosters landing back on Earth just amazing.

Wonders what the provenance of the Oak Furniture Land French Farmhouse TV Cabinet is?......

A big THANKS for all the good will messages following my HEART ATTACK last Wednesday. Ambulance to Burton, Blues and Twos to Stoke and into Theatre withing 15 minutes. Very close according to Professor Nolan that was called in to do the opp.

Only another week or so and you’ll notice the days starting to stretch out that wee bit again. Which is nice...

Spiral on BBC4 last night rather good...

Spiral on BBC4 last night rather good...

Spiral on BBC4 last night rather good...

Remember what Christmas used to be about, the Hornby announcements.

Remember what Christmas used to be about, the Hornby announcements.

The The ... "Infected" is a masterpiece of music, and sadly still very apt in today's troubled times

Things that railway DVD commentators cant help but mention, number one, self weighing tenders.

Spotted another kingfisher.

Cause I am Jack, from a burning ring. My face is slack, and I think, think, think...

Back from a late afternoon run in which I managed to see not one but two kingfishers, in two different locations. I choose to believe it was not the same kingfisher.