Well, it's been a quiet week in Hillside, Stoke on Trent, my hometown, out there on the edge of the Staffordshire Moorlands.

Mainly because both Mother and Issy are away, leaving me to care for the animals. Thanks to the "joys" of MS Teams, I've been able to crack on with workshops about AI governance, and now need to knuckle down and write the content I get paid for.

I keep looking wistfully out of the window, thinking I should really be playing with the garden railway(s), and building something more permanent. As we do more work in the garden, some new ideas are creeping into my mind, including extending it across the garden steps to create a ground-level section for occasional use when two people are present.

I've also found a site for the semi-portable 16mm line for the grandchildren, which so far has stood up the dogs without damage.

I really must finish the last little jobs on the Kato modules. I've replaced the tree again, with an unfinished seafoam version, but I''m struggling to find foliage that works in N gauge. That NW2 as well...
                        
...I wish I hadn't posed it on the module, because suddenly it looks so much better, despite being derailed, and in need of that Great Lakes waterside layout that is on the to-do list. Another item added to that list is this DoubleM Models Peckett destined to sit on one of Sven's 12v  chassis. I do need to think through the valve gear and cylinders. I always wanted the old Peco/Gem kit, so I was really pleased when this came on the market.

A rash decision by Issy means I'm in the middle of totally reorganising my office/studio yet again, to accommodate a surplus armchair. That, in turn, means modelling is on hold as I play 3D Tetris and move a lot of boxes back to the garage now that the space there is accessible.