Penpont on holiday…
Penpont Dries was not built as an executive toy or micro concept layout, it was made to travel with me when space was tight. This week it has travelled to Pembrokeshire on holiday…
Sitting with a cold beer, blue sky and the sea (in the distance) after a long day. Sat quietly shuffling China Clay wagons. Sat enjoying the smooth quiet motion of the Graham Farish Class 08, its yellow rods dancing and tracing regular patterns. Sat playing trains.
Just the tonic, or well, beer in my case.
Momentarily day dreaming of a longer railway for this magical little shunter - but then just as quickly realising that this is all I need. All anyone needs?
I love model railways.
Until next time, more soon…
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Hobgoblin and (excellent) model railways in the same blog post? They don't get much better than this! Enjoy your holiday James.
ReplyDeleteThank you Ian!
DeleteAbsolutely wonderful.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a lovely holiday James.
Thanks Roger!
DeleteBeer and clay trains James, superb.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom, not bad hey!
DeleteVery relaxing and shows the potential of N-scale
ReplyDeleteHowever switching and beer - hope this is not in violation of AAR Rule G !!
Best regards
Alan
Quite!
DeleteTaking the hobby on holiday is great, especially something minimal like Penpont. I quite often take my other hobby (amateur radio) with me; a radio about the size of a pack of cards, earbuds, a Morse key and a wire antenna does the job. I've taken the odd wagon kit to build before now, but not yet a layout...
ReplyDeleteYes this one is so tiny - it was lovely to un-pack it again and marvel and enjoy the models themselves too, as they live in the box otherwise.
DeleteA lovely timely reminder that yes, even I have space for a model railway - it's time for me to stop the excuses and get on with it! A nice bottle of Hobgoblin Gold would go down well too, but in my case will it spur on the motivation or help to prolong the procrastination? Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteGlad to encourage Mike, everyone has space - if they are able to accept the compromise. Find a prototype and scale that marry to the space you have and you’ll enjoy it!
DeleteFantastic James a nice cold bottle of beer and playing trains what more could you ask. Enjoy your jollies.
ReplyDeleteThank you Kevin
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