Into the second week of isolation. It seems really spooky - I took a trip into Cardigan for essential shopping this morning, and there were only five pedestrians on the whole length of the town.
Aldi were very efficient, friendly and polite, and with only one person per trolley shopping was quick and easy. Plentiful supplies of everything (so far...)
On the way home I stopped for diesel at Robert Davies Motors, the garage in Llechryd - only £1.09 per litre. Petrol was £1.060. Trouble is of course we aren't allowed to drive anywhere...
I had a message from Llangadog to say that Lucky the cat was
Sorry Lucky!
Staying in Llangadog, and taking a big step back in time, I found these old images of a trip we made up to mikes to give him a hand with one of his 3mm model railway layouts.
I have a feeling that these images have been shown on the blog before, but I'm sure Mike won't mind them being dusted off and displayed once again.
This is the rather pleasant view from Mikes house:
and just to the right of that picture Mike has converted the upper floor of one of his barns to create an office and railway room:
And here you can see the ChufferDuffers hard at work fettling the layout.
It had been mouldering away in storage up in North Wales for nigh on twenty years, so restoring it is a labour of love, particularly as Mike has other more important jobs that need his attention.
If only we lived nearer, instead of sixty miles away...
To finish, I've made a couple of videos describing the Teifi Gorge layout.
I must apologise for the commentary, it was off the cuff, and I have never attempted anything like this before!
They aren't high quality resolution, as we are limited to 100mb per video, so I had to adjust things to get enough time for each clip.
Here we go:
and here is the second part. I'm really sorry about the voice over - I didn't prepare a script, and made some glaring mistakes (unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, etc....)
Anyhow, it passed an afternoon if nothing else!
That's it for another week.
I'll delve into the old files and discs and see if I can find anything of interest for next week.
Stay well everyone,
Shaun.
I'm pleased to see your active during your social distancing. Cardigan must look quite strange with no-one about. I know Ipswich is like a ghost town (or at least the little bit I can walk round at the moment). I'm a bit stuffed for modelling progress at the moment., as it's too cold in the shed for more than 15 minutes, and MrsJ doesn't like the smell of glue, paint etc. from my little desk in the corner of the lounge. Keep safe
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