Cor, 9 months on.. i could have had a baby by now, well, not me personally, i don’t have the bits..
I wasnt sure if i’d ever update this again, the trainroom is a mess, i struggle to get in there now as theres a pile of old carpet inside the door from when my mum decorated the hallway, but a few things happened recently, well, one in particular really that led me back to here and a new found enthusiasm for updates and action.
It probably won’t last.
Anyway, we got a skip, the other weekend, to clear out a whole load of junk and garden stuff, it was quite exhilarating, in a funny sort of way, i spend my day sitting at a desk, my evenings pottering about, i don’t do enough exercise, i’m not sure if clearing sheds and filling skips is ‘exercise’ but it definitely cleared away a few cobwebs, especially in one of the sheds. For years our old exhibition layout ‘Hartland Valley’ has been stored, well, not all of it, just 1/3. The other 2/3 was disposed of years ago, it was getting silly, some 48’ long, 12’ wide then 48’ long down the other side. I wish i had some pictures of it, maybe i do somewhere. This is deviating though, i had a look at a couple of the boards, they’re in a right state. My heart tells me to tidy them up, restore it, even if its just for one final outing. My head tells me to let go, scrap them, salvage what i can and put the stuff away for further use. Theres also the layout in the loft, which is in a similar state of disarray, although that would be easier to remedy. Then there were the random boxes i found full of track, stations and buildings and junk.. all N gauge, which truth be told, is where my heart lays. As much i have enjoyed the OO in the trainroom, part of me wishes i could rip the whole thing up and make a lovely big N gauge layout, i cant do that though. Either way, it got me to planning again, only in my head, i’d like to get back out on the exhibition circuit, locally at first, i don’t have a car, i cant drive, i cant go too big, hence my love of the N. So i have a nice manageable plan in my head, and a name, and a style, and a bit of a dream too. But i don’t want to do anything concrete yet until i get ‘Hartland Junction’ at least looking respectable, so thats what i plan to do..
More to follow!
