TheSignalEngineer

Hacked off with hearing about the Leveson Inquiry.

Seed sowing or modelling? Suppose as it's warm in the potting shed it has to be the seeds.

New grandson 4 hours old - Sammy aged 22 months trying to teach it the difference between tank and tender locos

Daughter:- Are you playing trains? Grandson (22 Months old):- No, I running railway.

Metal wheels arrived - could be a lot of plastic ones on Ebay next week.

The drill bit fairy strikes again. Used it on Friday, Saturday, couldn't find it on Sunday. Just mysteriously turned up today.

Flatpacking - 136 pieces for an IKEA bathroom cabinet. How many in an average wagon kit?

Planned to tidy the allotment today. Still, never mind, kitchen painted and 3 vans weathered so far.

Think at 22 months old Grandson is showing Midland tendencies. Put two small engines on front of Brio train and shouted "Double Heading".

Why is it that in the throne room there always seems to be a bit of skirting board you can't paint without putting your head in the bowl?

Praise be for photo manipulation software. Scanned a lot of old slides then realised one group were backwards

18 minutes in the Post Office queue then 10 seconds for the transaction.

Am I in the right month? Still using our own tomatoes and salads, strawberries just turning red, honeysuckle in flower, blossom coming out on the ornamental cherry. Surely not on the edge of the Pennines in December.

Just got to the equality monitoring section of a survey. It asked if I am Straight / Gay / Bidi / other. Anyone know what the "other" is please?

BT messing about last night - my internet speed has gone from 3meg yesterday to 13meg this morning. RMweb works great at that.

Financial authority for trackwork on new layout granted. Better spend it quick.

Just back from a night ride from Hadfield to Woodhead with the ghosts of Valehouse, Torside and Crowden - awesome

Rules of Weathering - No.1. Miss a bit the size of a pinhead on the underframe and it will stick out like a sore thumb when you photograph it.

My 18-month old Grandson has just come into the railway room, climbed onto my seat and sent a pannier tank along the test plank - MEMO TO ME - fit some foam pads on the end boards.

So enthralled at the sight and sound of a Super D for the first time in 48 years that I completely messed up the pan shot on the movie camera

Did I miss Christmas? Warm, sun shining, spring flowers in bloom today.

Strange glow in the sky over the Pennines. It's rumoured that the sun may put in an appearance, but I probably wouldn't recognise it if I saw it

Comes to something when travelling on the Birmingham Cross City line is a pleasant interlude

Four hours of underfloor diesels in one day is more than anyone should have to put up with.

Four hours of underfloor diesels in one day is more than anyone should have to put up with.