Hobbies
Hobby Days And Open Days
I think I told Puffins that my winter hobby day project (when I can’t get into the garden) was an engine shed for my model railway, Charlisle. Based on the old Kingmoor steam shed, long [more…]
Railways
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Fifty-Two
Monday Good morning folks, back to work this morning despite it being warm in London. Bozzie is back from his leaving party at Chequers. I hear it went well. This morning he is off to [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Forty Two
Monday Good morning people, it’s one of those days that looks better through the window. It’s lovely and sunny but when you wander down the garden there is a chilly breeze. Bozzie and the Little [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Forty One
Monday Good morning people, I am delighted it’s another bank holiday as it’s another nice peaceful day in Downing Street. Not quite so warm in London this morning but it is still very pleasant with [more…]
20th Century
The Board Now Departing
The truck now leaving a back lane behind your local railway station may well be removing the mangled remains of a giant departure board. Why so? Because they’re being replaced, and by creatures not even [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred And Thirty Seven
Monday Morning all, another pleasant morning. This is my sort of weather dry and mild. I don’t like it cold, I don’t like it hot and I certainly don’t like it wet. In the future [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Eight
Monday Morning all, a clear and frosty morning. Bozzie is a little happier this morning, his team have dug up a picture of Stoma necking a bottle of beer with a crowd during lockdown and [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Twenty Five
Monday Morning merry readers, it is quite a bit warmer and dry this morning, just as I prefer it. I have been out and about already getting a breath of air to give me an [more…]
Arts
Postcard from Sunny Skeg
The announcement over the two-carriage rattle-trap train’s tannoy told us this we’d reached the terminus and bid us ‘Welcome to sunny Skegness’. Bearing in mind this was December on the East Coast, these wry words [more…]