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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

Ron’s Rovings – day 6 – Up north

Posted on August 5, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

To the frozen north! Another long journey today. Left home to catch 0904 from Euston to Liverpool Lime Street. Had a short walk into the city and thanks to the Government scheme to help the hospitality sector I walked into … Continue reading →

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NGSE 2021 – sadly also cancelled

Posted on August 4, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

N Gauge SouthEast – 2021 – abandoned I’m sorry to have to announce that we have decided to abandon the 2021 NGSE show, originally planned for April 2021. This is a long way ahead, and it was not a happy … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rovings – day 5 – on the buses!

Posted on August 2, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Still short of blogging ideas, and coming down from watching Arsenal win the FA Cup, again.  So thank you Ron, for a few more pictures….. A day spent mainly on the buses. Walked down to Tesco’s thing morning and caught … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rovings – day 4

Posted on August 1, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

In the words of Jimmy Young (that dates me) “Orft we jolly well go”…. Left home to catch 1048 from Paddington to Swindon.  Leaving station,  walked to the bus station to catch the 2 hourly X5 service to Salisbury.  A … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rovings – day 3

Posted on July 30, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

There seems to be some confusion here.  Ron think’s he’s roving.  Allan claims that he’s ranting.  I wondered whether he was raving!  Whatever – Ron’s on the road again…. A day when plans had to be altered as I went … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rovings – day 2

Posted on July 28, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Wasn’t expecting anything from Ron till next week, but fortunately here’s another contribution.  Good job too, as I was clean out of ideas for the blog this week. Did not expect to go out today as an engineer was coming … Continue reading →

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Ron’s Rovings – day 1

Posted on July 26, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

It’s about the time of year we would usually get lots of exotic holiday snaps and pictures of Swiss cakes from Allan and Ron.  But Covid-19 has rather put pay to that.  Ron writes: Following the need to cancel our … Continue reading →

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Nice location #2

Posted on July 24, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

My eldest has escaped Berlin for a few days down to the Black Forest and the Swiss border.  Being well trained (?), she sent me three railway shots.  Looks great, both forest and trains! I have got no further than … Continue reading →

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Nice location….

Posted on July 22, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Message from John Brightwell…. Hello Jon That’s what I call a properly sceniced model railway! Best wishes, John It’s a garden railway above Lake Thun, Switzerland.  Though you might need to go for a long walk to rescue a derailment … Continue reading →

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Redhill in video

Posted on July 20, 2020 by snitchthebudgie

Finding these videos on YouTube reminded me how much more interesting Redhill was for railways when we moved here nearly 35 years ago.  Lots of locomotives and goods trains to spot, as well as some relatively interesting multiple units.  Enjoy! … Continue reading →

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