Mixture of feelings today.
After much consideration, I have decided that for the foreseeable, Cwm Prysor will be a home layout. To put this bluntly, as well as trying to make a living I am the carer for my terminally ill father. He is housebound and on 24hour oxygen and although there was the plan for someone to be with him when I was to be away at shows, I ultimately do not want to leave him. One day he wont be here and I can do what I wish, but at the moment he needs me and I need him.
My whole enthusiasm for the layout has taken a knock recently, but the decision not to exhibit has given me a bit of a boost today, so the plan to finish the layout in the coming months is still on target for the summer and a photo shoot with Railway Modeller.
I have now finished the bridge and the lake frontage, so my next stage is to texture the road surface, adding the dry stone walls before grass work will begin.
Meanwhile, I’ve started planning the next layout, which will be a home layout. It will fit nicely alongside the opposite wall and to quite Monty Python, it will be a case of ‘ and now for something completely different’. I don’t want to say much more at the moment, but they do say variety is the spice of life! 🙂
Activity will probably be slowing down on here now, but I hope to post some more content in a month or so.
All the best
Tom
Totally understandable decision Tom, at the end of the day mate there are more important things in life than exhibiting model trains, hopefully concentrating on having it a home layout will give you a moments distraction in your free time, for your sake mate i wish you the best and hope for the best with it all.
This 2nd wouldn’t happen to be, say, slightly “kiltish” would it? As long as it is Steam I’ll at least be happy.
Thank you for the kind comments….oh and the next layout….most definitely steam!