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Category Archives: life
Wordless Wednesday Remembrance
Posted in flanders, history, life, menin gate, poem, remembrance, the great war, Uncategorized, wordless wednesday, world war one, world war two, ypres
Tagged legacy, life, Remembrance, wordless wednesday
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200 Not Out …
In the way that odd or interesting numbers sometimes appear on the car dashboard, an interesting one has appeared on the dashboard here on’t blog. That number is two hundred thousand. The number of hits the blog has achieved since … Continue reading
Posted in 200k, blog, blogger, blogging, critic, humour, hundred, life, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, Photography, research, review, shelfie, social media, thousand, toy train, toytrainset, train set
Tagged 200, 200k, Bachmann, blog, hits, Hobby, Hornby, humour, life, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, photography, thousand, two hundred
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Analogue Media
Whilst the internet can be a useful resource, when I see books like this it really brings home just how much information is out there, both printed, and yet to come. This book from Lightmoor has all the things I … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogging, book, Branch Line, Forest of Dean, Great Western, history, hobbies, library, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, Photography, research, review, social media, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Wales, Welsh Marches, Western Region
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New Life ..
You could say that the hobby at the moment is better than its ever been, new companies and new products and techniques than we have seen before. We can pick and choose what we want, because there is so much … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, Exhibition, hobbies, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, skill, skillset, social media, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged blog, diversity, Exhibition, HO, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, media, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, OO, Railway Modeller
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Blog Visitors
Yesterday the blog had some visitors. From the blog roll on the right hand side you’ll see Define. A great bunch of modellers specialising in Diesel and Electric prototypes. We had Albion Yard up and Wharfedale the i-layout shelfie working … Continue reading
Posted in blog, blogger, blogging, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, Kalmbach, Layout, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, research, shelfie, social media, toy train, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
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Never mind the bollocks,
‘Most people don’t understand how to change and readily accept the formats that are given to them.’ Author Mr Johnny Rotten Well if that one sentence doesn’t sum up the overriding conservative, sometimes moribund attitude of railway modellers to the … Continue reading
Posted in Bachmann, DCC, dcc sound, history, hobbies, Hornby, life, magazine, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, n gauge, Nevard, OO Gauge, Railex, Rapido Trains, review, shopping, social media, toytrainset, train set, Uncategorized
Tagged Bachmann, easyjet, Hobby, Hornby, john lydon, johnny rotten, life, loco, low cost, media, Model Railroad, Model Railway, ryanair, sexpistols
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Railex 2015
This coming weekend sees Railex 2015, at Aylesbury Bucks. One of the best shows of the year and consistently high quality. Aberbeeg will be there, an opportunity to see a large S7 layout with scale length trains. Also DCC sound … Continue reading
Posted in British Rail, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, hobbies, Hornby, iphone, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Railex, toytrainset, train set, Western Region
Tagged Railex, train
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Riding Strange
Originally posted on A WORRIED STUDENT:
Riding the train to Osterley, The cuffs of my shirt dig in, Unsettled and weary of the Unnatural position I was in. This strange crisp shirt, This odd little tie, These awkward lapels,…
Beginning of the end?
Or, end of the beginning? Simple answer is I don’t know. This was one of the pieces that never really hung together, so it’s gone. On that bombshell …
Posted in Bachmann, blog, Branch Line, DCC, dcc sound, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, hobbies, Hornby, Layout, life, Model Railroad, Model Railway, Model Railway Journal, modeling, Modelling, Nevard, OO Gauge, Railex, top gear, toytrainset, Western Region
Tagged Bachmann, blog, Exhibition, Forest of Dean, Hobby, Hornby, Layout, model rail, Model Railroad, Model Railway, nevard, OO, Railway Modeller
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