Hobbies
Shunting Foundations
As mentioned recently, I’m building a new model railway. The baseboard dimensions have been confirmed – a number of sections, each 40 inches x 23in as these can fit into a cupboard for storage. At [more…]
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Hobbies
Shunting in a new direction
As the nights draw in and the lockdowns only get more stringent, thoughts run to more positive times. Nostalgia is a powerful thing, particularly at the moment as everyone loves to think back to happier [more…]
Arts
A Postcard from the Scottish Borders
Having had six months of lockdown, our annual holiday cancelled and finally one or two kids heading back to Uni, I decided that it was time for a long weekend away with Mrs SD. Usually [more…]
Gardening
Garden Project update
Thank you for your kind comments upon part 1. In this one we get to a point where I can sit down in comfort. Day 6 Keep on digging We left it with half a [more…]
Gardening
A Garden Project
It is a while since I’ve written anything on here, mainly through lack of anything worthy that would get anywhere near the quality of pieces we see every day on such a wide range of [more…]
Arts
Shunting forwards and backwards
Some you win, some you lose. Modelling, like life isn’t a smooth, seamless journey without problems or setbacks. Ok that’s a bit dramatic. We left this saga at the point where most of the layout [more…]
Arts
Shunting dusted off
Christmas is always a time that makes me nostalgic, harking back to the time when you looked forwards to presents that didn’t induce a hangover or keep your feet warm. It’s also a time when, [more…]
Arts
St. Puffin’s End of Term Report
Report to the Governors of Saint Puffin’s School for Disorderly Children. The Autumn Term is always a busy time, here at St. Puffin’s. The election of Head Boy having taken much of our attention in [more…]
Arts
Cruising on again
Last year, in the spirit of the series of travelogue postcards often presented on this site, I wrote first timer’s guide to going on a cruise. The one in question was a TUI/Marella cruise around [more…]