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Secretary of the East Surrey N Gauge railway club

Brian’s been busy again!

Much more than me, who has a loss of mojo at the moment.  Even with the cooler weather, I haven’t made it back to the railway room. So here are three contributions from Brian, hi-jacked from Facebook and his YouTube … Continue reading

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Ron’s Rovings – last day

Good call, Ron, getting out and about when we were all melting at home! After days visiting family and friends and a planned quiet weekend I did one last journey today as the weather was hot and sunny. Travelled up … Continue reading

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It Ain’t Half Hot Mum – 2

Still too hot to do anything useful!  I was about to have a go at another project, and we hit 35C.  Not a lot one can do till the weather breaks.  Maybe tomorrow? So I’ve just got a few modelling … Continue reading

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A little light entertainment

Thank you N Gauge Forum for the link Can’t wait for club nights to start track laying again……

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More odds and ends

Phil sent this one to me…. Hi, All! Locked down, I get my railway fix by YouTube – there’s a LOT of railway fixes to be found on YouTube! This one had sound suppressed, thereby depriving us of some ripe … Continue reading

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ESNG meeting – 6 August 2020

Another successful Zoom meeting tonight.  The usual suspects found nothing to talk about for 90 minutes or so.  We were also joined by Paula – great to see her and the family before relocating back home to Portugal.  And we … Continue reading

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Ron’s Rovings – day 7 – Sun, sea and bus stations

A little closer to home today…. Set out this morning to catch first off peak train to Brighton. From there I travelled by bus to Portsmouth changing at Littlehampton and Chichester even though all 3 buses were on route 700. … Continue reading

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Ron’s Rovings – day 6 – Up north

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

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!

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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