Friday Update: Fourteen Eight Twenty-six…
Welcome to Friday, and a hot one but we’ve broken the back of the heat wave and today promises to be cooler with a fresh weekend and week ahead. If you’re comfortable let’s take a look at what has been happening here in the past seven days… Last weekend was pleasant, blue skies and comfortable mid twenties heat… my partner and I took a walk up near Arenig, and heading back is this view of Llyn Celyn. You’ll spot the former Bala to Blaenau branch track bed crossing the photo - it is a beautiful spot and we had a lovely walk but this place still has a sense of sadness at the loss of the village of Capel Celyn and the treatment of a tiny Welsh community by the Liverpool Corporation. Back home this week has been all about two projects - the 009 layout and the 16mm Railbus. Focus on each and balancing time whilst waiting for one thing to dry has worked well despite their very different form and the methods in use! The layout has made a massive leap forwards with the back scene fitted a...
