cromptonnut

Our cat has just come in and told us it's raining. Must be the first proper rain for 8 weeks; though I can see blue skies overhead, so more like a shower.

Asked a shop if they stocked code 75. "No, it's rubbish". I disagree.

Gendarmes, eh??

42 degrees outside the backdoor. East Anglia always rainy and cold

Considering the reaction on my previous update, are there any fans of the Jaffa livery here at all?

Anyone with any experience in travelling from Gatwick Airport to Paddock Wood by train?

Has the nasty man really gone away ?

Ordered my first sound chip, very excited.

Has spent the last hour trying to figure out why the track plan doesn't fit in 12ft ... just realised it's actually 16ft I'm trying to make fit. Oops.

School's out again "smoke day"!

Oh, nuts.

Next week looks a bit like this -

Ballsed up track weathering/painting, arghhh

I now have a base, and the rest of the shed will be here in about an hour. At long last the man cave/rail shed is almost up...

I now have a base, and the rest of the shed will be here in about an hour. At long last the man cave/rail shed is almost up...

You know you are a parent to a little boy when your PayPal funds are diverted away from a Farish mk1 to buy a Harold the Helicopter...

Japanese train leaves 25 seconds early makes news. Looking at the timetable for my model railway I have a train around 25 years too late

How can Israel win Eurovision when they're not even in Europe !

Is pondering building a layout frame from Aluminium

Today I have been mostly building a pond.

Today I have been mostly building a pond.

Snow day today first job clear snow of car

At last the shed is ordered... £3k all in, suits me just fine and dandy.

At last the shed is ordered... £3k all in, suits me just fine and dandy.

32" x 10" board spare... do I bin it or is there an option for a working plan there?