Normandy open day

This is becoming a regular trip. Across the wilds of the Surrey Hills where direct routes do not exist and yet your destination is moments from the Hog’s Back. The Normandy O gaugers open up once or twice a year. OK I’ll level: this is not the most exc…

Normandy open day

This is becoming a regular trip. Across the wilds of the Surrey Hills where direct routes do not exist and yet your destination is moments from the Hog’s Back. The Normandy O gaugers open up once or twice a year. OK I’ll level: this is not the most exc…

Normandy open day

This is becoming a regular trip. Across the wilds of the Surrey Hills where direct routes do not exist and yet your destination is moments from the Hog’s Back. The Normandy O gaugers open up once or twice a year. OK I’ll level: this is not the most exc…

Farnham show 2025

 Let’s start at the very beginning. There were known parking issues due to on-site works. There was an alternative car park with a mini bus service to the door. We didn’t do this and adopted a gig approach. Perfect parking spot 50 yards from the g…

Kaleen Exhibition – 2025

The Canberra Model Railway Club’s 2025 36th “Model Railway Expo” I remember way back into the late 1980s,  a new model railway exhibition started in Canberra, being run at the Wesley Churches Centre in Barton over Easter.  That exhibitio…

Steyning

A day out with your mates, is how I generally describe the Steyning exhibition. Yes it is public, but for some reason there is a high proportion of what I call proper modellers. Not in some sort of elitist way, more that they make things in the traditi…