Danemouth

Ah! "The Model Shop" in Mill Lane, and of course Bud Morgan in the Castle Arcade. Dave

And we had the same dinner service - "Wedgewood Quince" as a wedding present almost 40 years ago. Dave p.s. Happy Hippo ours was bought in Howells of Cardiff

IIRC most older cars needed a service every 6,000 miles. My escort Mk 1 certaily did. Dave

Still waiting for the Goods Shed, it's MIA Dave

Perhaps we should remember this is a jokes thread and not a theological debating society. As a commited and practising Christian I for one would prefer these discussions were in a thread on its own which I can then ignore Thanks, Dave

How about Llandough just outside Cardiff pronounced Llan-dock Dave

Some information here https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/11/26/bzzzzzzt-how-safe-is-that-keenly-priced-digital-doorbell/ Dave

Looks very good indeed. May I make a suggestion? - a piece of black card the other side of the tunnel mouth when taking photos would remove a distracting highlight. Cheers, Dave

Cardiff Trolleybuses always had batteries - not sure how far they could move the bus but as we are talking about the 1950/60s I would imagine not very far. We now have these https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/cardiff-getting-36-electric-buses-15793774 Dave

Rob, Just had a flyer through the door for an estate agent - EweMove.com Are you branching out Dave

You keep thongs in the freezer :-) Dave

Andy, Following yet another Peters build with antcipation. Looking at the backscene boards did you paint them or are they a commercial product? Cheers, Dave

Sell your Panniers !!! Hells Teeth - you'll be drummed out of TNM Dave

Tony, I suspect the spammers can inject any number they like. I understand that to the knowledgeable spoofing Caller Id is a piece of cake. Dave

Now there's a thought Unfortunately I have missed out on the 117s with green whiskers - the seem to be out of stock everywhere. Dave

For the benefit of HH and those with refined tastes here is Danemouth's loco fleet with no less than four, yes four panniers. More info here Dave

I have started work on Danemouth after a break of several months - this was due to a cataract on my good eye, explained here. The first job was to give it a good clean. The track was quite grubby so that has a really good clean. Some lampposts needed straightening and a couple of figures had come adrift. Yesterday it was the turn of the locos, this involved a soft brush, duster and the Woodland Scenics thingy to clean the wheels. All the locos ended up on the layout, all 14 of them -with no sound on them the Powercab says they are drawing .34 amps. Note all the road vehicles are missing - they have been removed as part of the cleaning process and will be replaced once I've cleaned the rolling stock. So coaches and wagon are next for cleaning and this includes checking the back-to-backs. I keep thinking about a new version of Danemouth but haven't as yet found a trackplan that I prefer to the existing one. Cheers, Dave

As an occasional poster on ERs I thought I would relate the "interesting" time I have had over the past few months. Since 2014 I have had peripheral vision only in one eye - this is connected with the optical nerve and can never be recovered. Over the past twelve months the vision in my other eye has deteriorated rapidly due to a cataract. Following the death of my optician I saw my new optician at the beginning of July who advised me to stop driving immediately. I needed cataract surgery but the NHS waiting list is approximately 81 weeks so I went private. I had that surgery last week and so far things have improved greatly. New glasses in 3 - 4 weeks - until then reading involves my Sherlock Holmes magnifying glass. Saturday I started work on Danemouth for the first time in several months giving it a good clean. So I am back on RMWeb again! Congratulations or commiserations as appropriate to those whose news I missed and best wishes to you all. Dave

HH are you sure your username should not be "Hungry Hippo"? Dave

I have the same scanner and Nikon's software is carp. I use Vuescan instead it's far better. https://www.hamrick.com/ Dave

With the Johnster talking about pirates I am reminded of my elder daughter now 38 when she was about 8. She went into my parents dining room and saw my parents wedding picture - they had married in June 1943 and my father wore his naval uniform. My daughter then asked why her grandfather was pictured wearing a pirates costume... Incidentally as my parents went into church to get wed the air raid warning sounded, the "all clear" sounded as they came out of the church afterwards. Dave p.s. We had television for the Coronation.

And another station plan very similar to Danemouth - except the carriage siding in your plan is a bay platform on Danemouth Cheers, Dave

Well done Andy! Performance of the site this afternoon is brilliant, better than I've ever known it. David

No they don't. The books are by David Blake, I will admit they are read once and forget https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08FF9LNW4?pf_rd_r=97E4BA9D2THX348KXEPW&pf_rd_p=e632fea2-678f-4848-9a97-bcecda59cb4e Dave

Seeing all this talk of the Norfolk Btoads I have been reading a series of crime novels based in that area. The hero, a DI is based at Wroxham police station. However, as yet, I have seen no mention of Q's "Effin Clown Town" Dave