I'm on a steaming train..

Ah, it's almost ATP weekend, so i won't be making the trip to Gravesend and all work on Hartland Junction will have to be postponed, and it's Galway next weekend so nothing until the end of May. This is my 4th Minehead ATP, and the first one away from December when you can't go on the West Somerset Railway as it's all kids and Santa Specials.. We booked up for this Breeders weekend late last year, i wondered at the time how i'd break the news to my dad that i'd miss his birthday, i havent liked to do that in the last few years but i figured, well, theres always next year. There isn't a next year anymore though, so i'm going to do what i always planned to down there, and spend Sunday morning on the West Somerset Railway, the trip takes on a extra level of poignancy as i remembered the other day that he spent a happy few months down there training people to drive Steam Trains.. I just hope my inevitable hangover doesn't ruin the trip!

Anyway, theres been a few developments on the layout, i got (not enough) brown paint and almost covered the first hill, the viaduct has been bedded in with an embankment and the castle is almost 'home' I tidied up a lot too, which helps to see what comes next!