Ups and Downs

 The UP's,,, the Zeppelin L1 Ugly Duckling is very nearly finished,,,

PROOF,,,, apart from painting the cab,, weathering and fixing the roof permanently,,, the 5 year old Blu-Tac is starting to smell.

DOWNS

Any avid Pastures readers will remember on 16th April 2016 we read about our pal Cecil Gee leaving the railway to become a flower arranger,,, well that didn't work either and Cecil is now back working on the railway as a movements operative second class,,, [storeman to you and me] and as you can see he still hasn't mastered the art of getting either "stuck in" or dirty!!!

Welcome Back Cec,,,, you have been missed,,,[no really]

Please come and see both at Sheringham High School on 2nd September 2023,,, open 10 to 4

GOOD NEWS....We are back on the exhibition circuit. September 2nd 2023.

Yes it's true,,, and I didn't think it would ever happen either.

Am very pleased to announce that we will be at the Midland and Great Northern show at Sheringham High School Norfolk NR26 8ND on Saturday 2nd September 2023.

Opening at 10.00am Closing at 4.00pm.

All we have to do now is vacuum 6 years of dust off the layout,,, run a crash course for the operators [literally] as we have all forgotten how it works,,, have a go at cleaning the track,,, usually a quick wipe with the emery pad is enough but I fear this time we might need the angle grinder!!!

You cannot believe how much we are looking forward to treading the boards once again,,,, the last time was Manchester 2016 & that is very nearly 7 years ago,,, I had much more hair and teeth back then.

Things to look forward to that you haven't seen before,,, crickey where do I start:

 Watch the tram operate under it's recently fitted overhead cables,, [ actually about 4 years ago!!! ]

See if you can spot any of the recently finished and painted LNER locomotives,,,, L1 Zeppelin,, D2,, Q7,, C4  and the D21,,, where will we put them all,,, I can see many of the LMS contingent getting the elbow for this one.

Meet the many fashionable housewives who have all recently moved into the terraced housing.

How will we cram it all in to just 6 hours!!!!

Please come along and join in the fun,,,, and it is all for a good cause,,,, when you have finished at the show you can take yourself off and jump on the real M&GN and ride all the way up to Holt,,, and if your very lucky all the way back!!!