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Category Archives: Friends
Feel Good Friday, A Step Away..
It’s good to take a step away from stuff. This post was to be an #FEF theme, but having been away for a few days last week mixing work with pleasure, (it can work), I thought I’d put up some … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogging, cambrian, Cameo layout, DC, DCC, dcc sound, europe, feelgoodfriday, fef, friday flashback, fridayfunday, Friends, hiking, hobbies, Hobby, Inspiration, iphoneography, journey, justdoit, Layout, life, media, mindfulness, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, natural light, Photography, railroad, railway, scenery, seasons, shelfie, Sky, snow, snowdonia, social media, toy train, Uncategorized, united kingdom, Wales, walking
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Last One Out 2023, with Francis Bourgeois
As we take our last steps out of 2023, it’s time to say thank you to all you readers, who take the time out of your day to read the blog, or look at the Instagram, YouTube and Facebook pages. … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Airfix, artist, Bachmann, blog, blogging, brassmasters, British Rail, Cavalex, clark rail works, Comet Models, dapol, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Eighties, ellis clark, exactrail, Facebook, francis bourgeois, Friends, gouge, Hattons, heljan, hero, history, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, instagram, life, man cave, mansplaining, media, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, railroad, Rails of Sheffield, railway, Rapido Trains, reading, review, scale modelling, seventies, shelfie, social media, Toy trains, trainspotting, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, wild swan, woodland scenics, youtube
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Merry Christmas 23
It’s that time of year again, a quick thank you to you readers for taking your time to drop by and spend some time here. The blog, YouTube Instagram threads and Facebook wouldn’t be possible without input and inspiration from … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogging, brassmasters, Cameo, Chris Nevard, christmas, D&E, dapol, exactrail, Facebook, Friends, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, ho scale, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, instagram, life, man cave, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, O Gauge, o scale, OO Gauge, peco, railroad, railroad model craftsman, Rails of Sheffield, railway, Railway Modeller, Rapido Trains, scale modelling, shelfie, Tamiya, tangent, Toy trains, TT Gauge, Uncategorized, woodland scenics
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2023 First one in
Well 2023 is underway. It’ll be a big change and possibly challenge too. Both of us made redundant in December there’s a new life balance to work out, depending on whether anything turns up employment wise. One thing is certain, … Continue reading
Posted in accurascale, Bachmann, blog, blogging, Cameo layout, Cavalex, DC, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Friends, Hattons, Heaton Lodge, heljan, HO, ho scale, hobbies, Hobby, Industrial, Layout, layout design, life, man cave, mancave, media, model, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Modelling, Modelu, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, railroad, railway, Rapido Trains, review, scale modelling, shelf layout, shelfie, toy train, train set, TT, Uncategorized, youtube
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Throwback Thursday, Happy Christmas
Well, 2020! This should probably be a #throwbackthursday post, not just because it’s a Thursday, but if you actually caught 2020, you’d certainly want to throw it back.. 2021 will have to go some to make it as memorable as … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, accurascale, aviation, Bachmann, blog, blogger, brassmasters, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, canada, christmas, christmas show, DCC, dcc sound, film, finescale, fremo, Friends, Hattons, heljan, hobbies, Hobby, Hornby, Inspiration, kadee, Kalmbach, Layout, life, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, new year, new zealand, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, Oxford rail, peco, planet industrials, Rapido Trains, scale, scale modelling, shelfie, shelfie1, shelfie2, shelfie3, social media, throwback thursday, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized
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We Shall Remember
Posted in 1914, 1918, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour, epitaph, Friends, hero, history, Inspiration, life, menin gate, remember, remembrance, the great war, world war one, world war two, ww2
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VE Day
Written in 1944 by John Edmonds, the following epitaph seems particularly appropriate in these times. When you go home, tell them of us and say, For your tomorrow, we gave our today.
Posted in 2020, america, australia, aviation, blog, bomber command, canada, east kirkby, epitaph, europe, Friends, great britain, hero, history, Inspiration, iphoneography, john edmonds, john maxwell edmonds, just jane, Lancaster, life, new zealand, news, nx611, Old school, pilot, poem, remember, remembrance, Uncategorized, united kingdom, usa, ve day, victory europe, world war two, ww2
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NMRA Motivation Monday
Bob Phelps receives the NMRA’s distinguished service award Saturday 13th July 2019 from NMRA President Pete Magoun, at the NMRA National Train Show in Utah. So why’s this of interest? Bob, principal product design engineer worked for Peco for 54, … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Award, blogging, Branch Line, British Rail, Cameo, Cameo layout, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, finescale, Friends, history, HO, hobbies, Hornby, Industrial, Inspiration, Layout, life, magazine, man cave, mancave, media, model, model photography, Model Railroad, Model Railway, modeling, Modelling, monday motivation, motivation monday, n gauge, Narrow Gauge, national train show, news, nmra, O Gauge, o scale, OO, OO Gauge, peco, product news, Railway Modeller, research, scale, scale modelling, toy fair, toy train, Toy trains, toytrainset, train set, train show, trainset, Uncategorized, usa
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