The flood thankfully had subsided by the following day, and we were able to get out for a trip up to Mid Wales, where Annie was taking part in the R.S. Thomas Literary Festival in Eglwysfach (she won first prize...!)
I gave it a miss, and carried on up to Corris for an hours mooch around the village and a ride on the steam train.

The following Tuesday it was just Pat and myself for the Chuffer meeting, so we had a short evening, and sorted Crymmych Arms out ready for its next outing.
On the modelling front, I've been progressing the 16.5 layout, yet to have a name. The track has been laid and ballasted and electrically tested.
Wire-in-tube points, as there are only three of them.

 

The right hand corner is going to be a hill-side with a stream and tunnel - here the construction of the landscape can be seen using expanding foam from a rattle can:

 

The opposite side will have a road bridge - cardboard carcass covered in 'Lite' filler, and stonework scribed into it when dry. Yet to be properly painted.

 

 I've also made a station, using the same method as the bridge:

Yet to have a chimney pot, and a suitable platform.
And there we have it...

Watch this space, as they say (who are they, anyway?)
Shaun.