Photos from Llanmynach

[Frank]

Odd, the smiley has now appeared but not the picture.

Frank

[MickT]

As panic appears to be setting in, I have taken the sensible logical course that comes to mind and reported this glitch to "admin" - and have received an email to confirm that the fault has now been reported to the IT techy type member who looks after all this sort of thing.
Calm down, steady in the ranks, stand fast, don't panic, The cavalry has been sent for. Do your tunic buttons up that man!

Mick

[MickT]

Our websmaster, JohnJ has now fixed the problem which occured because the forum was using a form of coding which the hosts had decided to stop supporting, without notification with the result that some parts of the forum ceased to work - if I have got that right........... anyway it is all sorted out now, and David's photo that started the concern is now visible! Thanks for your prompt action and efforts John.

Mick

[Isle of Stoner]

Now I can see the pic and it was worth the wait.

Well done memsec and thanks.


John W

[Tigger]

Well I didn't expect one photo would generate so much traffic - even if not for the reason I might have expected!  Many thanks for your support folks - especially Julien for the kind if slimy thought! ;D ;D

Another photo should be along shortly.

I've been offline whilst accompanying a friend around London for the last few days; his first visit to London and my first ever visit as a tourist!! ;D

[Malcolm]

Only one thing wrong with the photo Dave, no sign of Lord Craig admiring your lovely green painted replica of Alistair  :laugh:
Malcolm

[MickT]

Another photo should be along shortly.

I've been offline whilst accompanying a friend around London for the last few days; his first visit to London and my first ever visit as a tourist!! ;D

Waiting with patience young Sir, always look forward to seeing new photos of the L&TR!

Off-topic but I did a tourist day trip to London once when kids were younger and we lived in Harrogate. Daft? Not really - early start and head off down the A1 and M11 to park the car at Epping. Got one of them red rover fingies on a family ticket quite reasonably affordable and we spent the day doing the Monopoly board! Great fun and we saw historical and interesting bits of the city that we'd never have dreamed of visiting normally.

Mick

[Frank]

Not sure why this is here, Mick, but since you mention it I did a similar sightseeing trip to London with our kids - we have three and I took each one separately when they reached about 10.  We got a rover ticket and went round some of the places they would have seen on the TV as well as the big tourist attractions.  We always seemed to end up at Hamley's toy shop though!   Great fun, and it became something of a family tradition.

By the way, thanks to JohnJ for fixing the photos - all back to normal now.

Frank

[MickT]

Not sure why this is here, Mick, but since you mention it .....................Frank

Simply because Tigger (whose thread this is) had mentioned doing the touristy bit around London in his last posting. Sorry to distract, just filling in time waiting for the next photos from the L&TR (HINT David!) now that the photo linking glitch has been sorted out!

Mick

[Tigger]

Well there's nothing like a gentle hint, is there?  And that was NOTHING like a gentle hint!! ;D

So here we on a summer's day at Llanmynach.  The local Crossville service has recently arrived in the form of a natty little Bedford OB (top speed 70mph but only if you're going downhill, out of cog and with the wind behind you; otherwise it's a bit of a gutless wonder - I know - on a Historical Commercial Vehicle run across the Pennines in the mid-80s we chased one the whole way whilst travelling in a crash box 1933 breakdown lorry, top speed 32mph but it could do that speed both up and down hill and on the flat).  The Railway owner's MG SA sits in the yard as well.  Snowdon Ranger has arrived with a down passenger and Russell I has dropped onto the head of the train and awaits her (his?) turn.  Cackler is running past the shed with a train of empty slate wagons and will proceed up the line to Mynydd-yn-Bwlch on a ticket of authority and will be followed by Russell I with the token at a suitable interval.  Meanwhile, Russell II simmers on shed.

Sharp-eyed persons might like to work out what's missing from this scene.  There will be a prize for the first correct answer...

[berryr99]

I claim my prize - its the water tower !

Bob

[B.Meldon]

Yes it

[Tigger]

Correct Bob - ambush me next time we meet (Beds & Bucks open day in January?) and I'll buy you a cup of tea and a sticky bun!

The story behind the water tower is that because the tank is open it always remained in the display cabinet unless the layout was being photographed, to keep dust off the water surface.  These days it remains out on the layout because of the more frequent use and incidental photography, and because there were occasions (!) when I took photos having forgotten to install it first.  I made a removeable cover to keep the dust off.  I left it as white styrene so I'd remember to remove it.  You can see what's coming can't you?  I have a couple of otherwise really excellent photos but which clearly show the damn' cover in position!

Wise words Brian.  I've already laid in a spare Ibertren chassis for Cackler and also for Talyllyn ready for when the time comes.  There are three 'up' trains in the storage loops; they are used in rotation and only one will run during a single session so the most running any of them will do is about 35ft a week (one circuit).  Hopefully it'll be a while yet!

Despite the fact that she's capable of drowning out the radio far more effectively than my coffee grinder, Cackler is beautifully balanced and one of the sweetest-running and most reliable performers on the line, and will happily run at a scale 6-8 miles per hour for the whole circuit.

[Tigger]

Incidentally, many thanks to Graham Watling who brought Lord Craig down to Swanley to meet me!  Sadly His Grace's busy touring schedule did not afford him the luxury of making the journey to Wales to experience life in Llanmynach.

Julien - many thanks for your kind thoughts but I really do think the snails should remain in their spiritual home!! ;D ;D ;D

[invercloy]

That's certainly a busy scene, David, I don't think I've seen a shot of your layout from quite that angle before. Very nice.