With temperatures hitting 33C today, I didn’t fancy a TINGS visit, with the exhibition in a tin cow-shed.  (My spies, i.e. Mr Dawes told me it was 32C outside.)  So Derek and I went east rather than west to visit the Faversham show.  A pleasant morning, with a relaxed journey home along leafy ‘A’ roads as the M2 was closed between a couple of junctions.  The show was reasonable, with some good layouts on display.   We’ll start with Teapot Trains, a little N gauge Thomas layout standing in for an O gauge display (??!)

Elbow Land (OO) is my sort of layout – small, with EMU’s and parcels traffic.

St Saviour Street (N) is a sort of Minories.

St Mellion (OO) had this attractive dockside.  A bit clean, but the water is the right colour.

Southern Region action and excellent scenery modelling the old (now closed) Hythe branch.

Edlington Junction (O) set on the Somerset Levels.  Some lovely rolling stock to be seen here….

Micro OO9 with Wrens Wood.  Simple, but rather fun!

A fine field of OO gauge hops on Bletchinghurst.

I’ve seen the Lemanis Light Railway (OO9) a number of times, and like it as a narrow gauge railway well modelled and not as ‘twee’ as some that get exhibited.

And finally, a shed scene at Upper Blackburn (OO).