Now I don't know if I've mentioned it before but we are all getting rather excited about the Broadland Model Railway Club exhibition next month!!!
How exciting is that,, I hear you ask,, well we usually get together before a show to remind ourselves how it all works,, and what [if any] improvements do the operating staff need to be aware of.
As there have been very few improvements [actually Non] since we last entertained the great unwashed the formal part of the meeting took virtually no time at all
The bulk of the meeting was spent drinking tea,, chomping on Kit Kat's,, playing with the resident cat and entertaining each other with ridiculous tales of steam driven "daring do".
Neville saw fit to bring his own motive power in the form of a Bachmann Ivatt "Mucky Duck".
Now this model is right up my street,, filthy,, ungainly,, not just weird but down right ugly,, lovely,, well done Neville and I can see why you bought one of those.
If you look upwards you will see that it created such a stir on a supposedly mid 1930's LNER engine shed that the owner had to take a photo of it!!
Now did you know that Mr Ivatt was not only connected to some of the most established railway designers this country has ever produced but he was also a scientologist and on his latest adventure he managed to drive 'Le Duc' as it is know in France back to the future and they terminated in South Yorkshire,,, how lucky was I being able to get my first cop of a Mucky D!!!
[ For the uninitiated that is trainspotter speak,, and highly significant believe you me!!]
Don't forget Hoveton Village Hall near Norwich Norfolk ,,, somewhere I have the date but I'll remind you of that later,, now where did I put the invite with the date on it???
