It was probably optimistic to have a meeting on the TINGS weekend.  We didn’t run trains, but this was mainly due to illness and holidays.  Five of the very senior members turned up, but felt no inclination to build a train set, so we happily spent the best part of two hours chatting and drinking tea.  Lacking all members of the catering department, I had to serve drinks.

We did manage to finalise the show accounts, and eliminate the discrepancies between my master spreadsheet and the door and shop takings.

I didn’t get to TINGS this weekend, mainly due to the feeling that I’d come home disappointed.  And I didn’t want to buy anything, anyway.  Reports do seem to be that it has become a large second-hand boot sale.  A few good layouts, but not as many as yesteryear.

However, Mr Rowlatt, our northern club representative, did go and has let me post his Facebook pictures of a few layouts.