Out of Hibernation
Spring must have arrived, for I decided to visit Skipton and get Irene's bike out of winter storage. Then I pumped the tyres up and rode it home along the canal banking, and out to Carleton. For it was a…
Knowle Mill
Tonight I visited the clubrooms at Knowle Mill, South St, Keighley, and got my 'Bear Mountain' layout ready for this coming Sunday's open day. When I will be training the engine drivers of the future. Heaven help them.
Spring into action
I wake to sunshine, and it tempts me to rise early. I think of walking into town for a coffee but for some unknown reason I spring into action, so the mop spins and the duster flies. Soon the house…
Calico Jack
Tonight my wallet was emptied, by Calico Jack and his three assistants, Caitlin, Callum and Daniel. Whilst the puppet master Irene (my wife) pulled their strings. They demanded double helping of mozzarella dips, along with a mountain of barbecued chicken…
Mike at Play
This weekend along with quite a few members of the local G scale brigade, I am at Ingrow Station on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway [KWVR]... The KWVR has made us very welcome, providing food and drinks and free rides on…
Harlow Carr
It was great to meet old friends and chin-wag at this interesting garden. Plenty of colour on display and the daffodils, well enough said. I did however feel that Harlow Carr is getting rather commercial in it's outlook, and in…
Dementia in a flash
Confused ? Long forgotten to this moment. A blue flash, passing by. A tear or a smile, for Iv'e lost a word in a gyrating jumble. Cobbed houses, olden days. Pictures of the past. Jumbled surfaces, groaning. Bleeding thoughts.…
Jabs did not work ?
This year Easter has past very quietly, due to something akin to flu. The house has been almost in lock down mode. My dog is not impressed, but it is time for me and my wife to rest and look…