The Sheep Chronicles. A Sheep dips his hooves in various bucolic backwaters.

[Jordan]

To be fair I've not seen you do the multi-tasking operation/talking thing. The video could be an important historical record.

Aww c'mon @Not Enough Panniers - give the lad a break. When your back is as bad as this, it's one or the other .......

Photo nicked from Over There.

 

[NHY 581]

To be fair, Paul failed to capture me at my best. To explain.........I was curiously peering into Ewe's scenic section via the exit.......oh.....never mind.........somethings are best left un explained.....

 

[Jordan]

....I was curiously peering into Ewe's scenic section via the exit.......oh.....never mind.....

So - peering into a Ewe's rear end....
Yes, definitely time to move on.....

 

[Pencarrow]

Aww c'mon @Not Enough Panniers - give the lad a break. When your back is as bad as this, it's one or the other .......
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Photo nicked from Over There.

Two things strike me about that photo.

First, the craftsmanship in used colour coordinated pins to attach the drapes.

Second, can someone please get the poor chap a cane or walking frame?

 

[Gilbert]

Second, can someone please get the poor chap a cane or walking frame?

I heard he preferred a Sedan Chair....

 

[Pencarrow]

I heard he preferred a Sedan Chair....

A sheep in each corner??

 

[NHY 581]

Morning all,

What passes for normality hereabouts has been restored, well, for now at least.

After it's various trips out over the last few months, Ewe has returned to it's perch in the Room of Doom.

So last night, I plugged it all in and simply played trains for a bit. Newly acquired 65356 was fitted with a decoder and given shunting duties for the evening, providing a hint of what is to come with Flaxfield.





All very satisfactory.

Rob

 

[John57sharp]

What a superb scene.

 

[NHY 581]

What a superb scene.

Thanks John.

More playing with the trainset tonight. 65356, once renumbered, will be weathered along with the other J15s to feature on Flaxfield.



Rob

 

[PMP]

However, if we tweak them as per the images on the Flaxfield thread..........


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Now there's a scene I'd like to model..........

My father saw the BCR remnants Shropshire and Montgomeryshire, and Snailbeach whilst cycling in the borders late 30’s. I found nd it weird thinking that was nearly 100 years ago!
From those visits the BCR generated real interest for me and my first ‘proper’ layout took inspiration from it. It was subsequently sold on but still exists and is shown occasionally as a Diesel branch line ‘Shirebeck in Emswell’. I built some stock for it and started two London Road LNWR coal engines (late S&M rly motive power) which are still maturing on the shelf of doom!
The trigger finger is still itchy!

 

[NHY 581]

My father saw the BCR remnants Shropshire and Montgomeryshire, and Snailbeach whilst cycling in the borders late 30’s. I found nd it weird thinking that was nearly 100 years ago!
From those visits the BCR generated real interest for me and my first ‘proper’ layout took inspiration from it. It was subsequently sold on but still exists and is shown occasionally as a Diesel branch line ‘Shirebeck in Emswell’. I built some stock for it and started two London Road LNWR coal engines (late S&M rly motive power) which are still maturing on the shelf of doom!
The trigger finger is still itchy!

Hi Paul,

I do find myself increasingly drawn into the world of weedy, run down backwaters. Years ago such modelling would be dependent on kits but I think a passable job can be made now days using a few carefully chosen rtr elements.

For someone who is not in the slightest bit interested in things L&NER, I'm currently dipping into the likes of the Easingwold Light Railwayand The North Sunderland Light Railway to name but two.

Could we see a J72 added to the roster to accompany the Y7 on things light railway?

And who knows what will happen when Dapols 517 lands.......


Rob