Another catch up.

After the family party....

We headed off to Italy with James and Grace and Grace's parents...

More photos here - https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B06532ODWvmJeZ

Then we had the Sheep Festival where we were showing model railway layouts in the Station Cafe - I put some of the removable parts of my layout in. 

So quite busy really. 

And now we are back to cutting the grass etc.

I used the new hopper system to collect the grass as it needs emptying less. It worked quite well for a prototype. 

Today was my birthday (hooray) and Kate bought me my first trainset! Well my first digitally controlled set anyway. This will need a computer to run it so will be a new layout, separate from the other one. 

In order to accommodate this new growing hobby I am changing the layout of the garage which involves moving the back wall.

Necesity is the mother of invention.

The other day I cut the long grass on the football field. The ride on mower does not like long grass and so I cut it and left it to dry. Today I tried to collect it it up but because it was lumpy it kept blocking the mower. So I have been inventing a throat that will throw the grass into the trailer. It seems to work better and not block if there is more air with the grass. So I have made the throat and next I will make a frame on the trailer to catch the grass and keep it all together - at the moment it misses the trailer unless the engine is at very low revs. I also need a deflector on the end of the throat. Good fun!

A car day.

I spent the morning at the garage with the car getting the wheels aligned and new tyres fitted and then spent this afternoon washing it!

But I did get time to finish the onions.

And even if I wasn't busy the bees certainly are.

Catch-up

We have been in Cumbria for ten days, with Jack and Immie. We saw Arthur, who is doing well but slower, and took him out several times - he has found that he enjoys being pushed round Garden Centres in a wheelchair. We did all the usual things with Immie and Jack and a lot of dog walking. 

Here are a few photos.

https://www.flickr.com/gp/101437269@N03/4U1t5H

I have been catching up on the grass cutting so here are some flowers instead. 

The scented border is doing well.

Some work on the layout.