All quiet…

It’s loud in my head - in my house, in our lives. Children, partner, dogs - they all fill me with a measure of joy, yes, but worry too - and I have a tendency to bottle that up until it brings me down…

It’s quiet at Paxton Road.

This week I visited Paxton Road again. Not just for the typical quick ‘test’ of a new model; I made a conscious decision to spend time here, trackside. On the layout were a selection of models to which I’ve recently fitted couplings along with the new RMS 08… that first movement was rushed… fuelled by cortisol… however despite a sense of my mind fleeting I held the pose…

Clunk. Click.

The order of wagons wasn’t neat. A small leaf of hope, a desire to re-order them emerged. I nurtured that feeling, slowing down the 08, deliberately watching the rods revolving whilst letting my mind focus on the task and next task ahead. Move followed move. A minute of anxiety became 15 of calm.

That small leaf had grown and now I had a whole plant to take away with me.

I love Paxton Road. I love model railways.

Until next time, more soon…

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