Saturday morning, five ESNG members filled Allan’s van, and we headed east for the Canterbury exhibition.  As the approached Canterbury, one of the two Derek’s commented, “Not long since we were down this way.”  The quick answer came, “No, it’s almost exactly a year since we visited the last show here!”  I’m not sure where 2024 went.

Next question.  “Do we go straight to the show, or do we stop for breakfast?”  Silly question, really, as the Cha(i)rman’s nose for a good café is exceptional.  So after an excellent full English, we arrived at the school to look at a few trains.  It was another excellent show, and I’ve spread the pictures over three posts to give it a proper write up.

Just the two layouts today.  I’ve seen Copper Wort (OO), based on the Burton-on-Trent brewery railways a number of times, but will always look again.  Saturday was a real treat, as the barriers were very close to the layout, and I was able to look closely at the wonderful buildings and get some close up photos.  As below…..

The second layout was Two Bridges up Sidings (OO).  I loved this layout for its simplicity, and because it models railway close to home.  With a Gatwick Express passing through, it’s set somewhere between Redhill and Gatwick, in the period that we first moved to Redhill.  Lots of EMUs and blue diesels!

More layouts next time.