Farewell, My Lovely

Over the last six weeks the house has often felt very full. Probably because it has been. It is lovely to see the children and grandchildren, but with Mum here as well it can all get a bit overwhelming for me. Add on to that catching the NIMBUS variant of COVID, my ongoing asthma and hayfever and then breaking a couple of ribs and it is perhaps understandable I am at a standstill.

I've got half a dozen simple projects to finish off. All quite simple, and looking quite good at the moment. Once they are out of the way I can move on to the next phase of my plans and , hopefully, finish off Dark Hall.

In three weeks, all I've managed to do is replace a tree on a Kato Circus module.

I need to replace the foliage at some point, since it started off as 4mm scale shrub.

I can't remember if I mentioned that my 7 1/4" gauge track has found a new lease of life as a portable line for use by the Foxfield Miniature Railway, but Teddy has now gone there as well, whilst awaiting collection to go to his new home in The Netherlands.

He would have been appearing at their miniature gala day, but the evening before his speed controller died halfway round the track. Fortunately they are no stranger to Scamps so he should be back up and running soon. Without train brakes he won't be of much use, but it is better than rusting away in our garage.