Friday Update: Fifteen Five Twenty-six…
Started brighter this week but by yesterday was really feeling the post-viral drag of my recent illness, accentuated by the impact of the dreaded long Covid symptoms that always re-emerge in these situations - but it has been a good week. One of progress on large commissions and a chance to meet up with a good friend and ride the Ffestiniog… Starting in the middle and Wednesday’s trip on the ‘Mountain Spirit’ from Porthmadog to Blaenau and back - I met Steve a few weeks ago when we did Narrow Gauge South and the Isle of Wight but a recent trip up north for him gave us the chance for another meet and a visit to a railway closer to home. Magical as always - yet strangely un-modellable for many of us, due to the sheer length of trains and size of the stations and infrastructure… this despite the magical and exciting models from Peco and Bachmann in 009… I was pleased to see the Victorian out, the coaches looked absolutely incredible parked up at Minffordd awaiting the afternoon ‘Woodland ...
