“Hey Ade, whatever happened to that railway you were building?” Yeah, yeah, I know. It’s still there and services have even been known to run on the odd occasion (I like to have a train pottering around the garden at the same time I do). But there has been no progress of which to speak lately. At a recent kids birthday party, the subject of an opening ceremony (and BBQ) was broached, which I hastily quashed - the opening of what exactly?

I finished a wagon but still have two more to build, and I built the corrugated hut resin kit too - an interesting experience - but that still awaits painting. We’ve finally constructed the new flower bed out of old railway sleepers (the salvage yard in Newport kindly cut them up and delivered the pieces), although needless to say there’s nothing in it yet. However, it means I can now site the station; I had a trial run but it looks like we buried one of the cats there (a man can dream). Need to rethink that idea, as it looks nothing like I intended.

As to a steam loco, I’ve promised myself it will be a worthy outcome and reward for sorting out a tax rebate I need to claim. Unfortunately, I haven’t done anything about that yet either. And we’ve had some lovely running weather lately too…