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Hi Bill, one of my many other hobbies, fruit preservation…..HIC :cheersHere are a few more gallons trying to keep warm & toasty under the stairs.
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You don't by any chance grow tall nettle-like plants in there too do you ?
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Good heavens ! I'm surprised the men from the Excise haven't been round. One of your "five a day" is it Roger ?
You don't by any chance grow tall nettle-like plants in there too do you ?
Not me sir but that is a "hobby" :shock: of some in this part of the world, we have helicopters out at night hunting them with Infra-red camera's sometimes, makes a devil of a din when there over our village!
I also make a fizzy concoction I believe the French call Champagne :shock:
Fortunately in the UK the Excise only get interested if your selling it!
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Nothing to do with railways anyway, thread seriously off track :???:
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The railway being semi-portable moved with us and was re-erected quite quickly with a new lighting system before things in the house deteriorated from bad to worse so since late last summer I have been unable to do much running. I have attached some pictures of re-construction progress
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Thank goodness it was designed to be semi-portable (because I had a feeling way back then we might move house) so I reckon done in a day each way including packing the stock & buildings.
So we will have been here a year come the 6th of next month and the only railway progress I can think of is the installation of 4 working semaphore signals and a bit of new lighting. Perhaps by the winter demands on my time elsewhere will have abated somewhat (assuming no new disasters come to light).
Great to see everybody else's progress, very inspiring :)
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I have finally visited my local MRC on an open day AND my local model shop!! (I have only lived in this town for a year……) the model shop is very interesting featuring an old demonstration layout that must be 20ft x 8ft with a gangway down the middle, more to explore and lots of second hand stock, more visits required :)
OMG the MRC is stunning, it contains the east coast mainline from Kings-cross to Leeds central in O GAUGE! I include some pics here, it is massive, the building must be at least 60ft x 80ft divided into rooms (it's an old school) AND there is an upstairs clubroom! I am currently in negotiation with SWMBO to be allowed to join :)
And that is just a taster!
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I am of the belief that it is enormously helpful to join a club. Solitary modelling is OK, but you need to be able to talk to others of a like mind.
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That is a big layout.
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