Few days late, as we went up to Yorkshire for three days.

Back home now, safe and sound in Gods Country...
This weeks Narrow Gauge picture - any ideas what and where?

Last week the loco was 'Dolbadarn' on the narrow gauge line running around Llyn Padarn up in Llanberis. Quite an old picture - the embedded details say 2003. I didn't think it was so long ago that we were up there. The memory fades with age...

Talking of age - three of us met here at Ty-Nant on Tuesday, Charles having family commitments.
Crymmych Arms was the order of the day, and we knuckled down to get a bit done on it.
Pat and Colin had brought along the finished signal box, goods shed and platform shelter.
Her is Patrick diligently at work with adhesive putting the SB in it's place.

Colin had gone to extremes with the signal box - no one will see, but it contains all the levers, a fireplace, coal scuttle, armchair, clock, and a correct track plan up on the wall - here is your chance to see inside:

Crymmych Arms signal box was unusual in that it had a brick fireplace and chimney instead of the normal stove and flue pipe. Bet you didn't know that now, did you!

While Pat was busy with the buildings, Colin was making back supports for the backscene - this is going to be one of those suck-it-and-see constructions (i.e. we aren't sure what to do about it)

While this was going on I was laying down more landscape foliage and ground cover. We called it a day at 9 pip emma, due to dusty throats, so a quiche lorraine and salad plus a couple of bottles of Merlot were thankfully consumed. All in all a successful evening.

The layout as it is looking at the moment:

Excuse the brightness - I over corrected the colour.

Chas's next week - well, in two days actually...

ATB
Shaun.