Hi Paul from Northop. It's a lovely village and I was up there two weeks ago at my grandsons. But buying a property in Northop looks difficult and so I looked at a large house in Flint. Anyway I decided to stay put seeing as I can be in Northop in 20 minutes.
Regarding the signalman's view, I moved the goods shed over to give him a reasonable view. The shed looked better at the back when the baseboards were relatively bare, but things are taking on a different aspect now, which is why I have considered reverting to the Llanfyllin layout of buildings.