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The project begins

I have been dreaming about building a small model railway in our garden for over fifteen years.

This blog is to allow me to share my progress with those who are interested.

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The overall idea is to have an indoor section in what we term the under-garage, a building at one end of our garden, and then an outdoor section running through the garden.

The first challenge is to empty the undergarage:

The garden also needs some attention! (you can see the door to the undergarage hidden behind the undergrowth).

Adam P Williams

8 responses to “The project begins”

  1. ljoudrier avatar
    ljoudrier

    Thinking of you just now when eating with the Team in Turin at the restaurant Galante that we discovered together many years ago !

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  2. gcollingridge avatar
    gcollingridge

    Thanks Adam, very exciting!

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  3. Peter Stapleton avatar
    Peter Stapleton

    Hi, Adam

    I have the greatest sympathy with you garage issues: five years after we moved to Chideock, one wall of of our garage is still stacked four high and two deep with cardboard boxes.

    The knock-on is that all the other spaces in the house are full of stuff that should be in the garage. (Except the car. No-one puts cars in their garage!)

    Last year I was going to tackle it, this year I definitely will. If it’s been in there for 5 years we obviously don’t need it!

    I can’t pretend to be a model railway aficionado, but hope to to see the finished product one day!

    All the best.

    Peter

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  4. Herms und Gisela Bahl avatar
    Herms und Gisela Bahl

    Dear Adam,
    To turn your garden into a railway÷track I would propose a slash÷and-burn method.
    They say it brings good results in the Amazon
    Jungle.
    Best regards, Herms

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  5. tobermore21 avatar
    tobermore21

    Good luck with the industrial and biological archeology!

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  6. ramoonmaiden avatar
    ramoonmaiden

    Looks like a lot of hard work ahead! It’s a fun project to be doing though I’m sure. Good luck! Ruth – toot toot!

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  7. ruthevans689 avatar
    ruthevans689

    I think you should have the wild garden checked out to see if there are any plants or animals of scientific interest. It is really sad to destroy this wild space

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  8. johuddles avatar
    johuddles

    Quite a job in prospect!
    Hope you are all well.
    Love,
    Joey xx
    Sent from my iPad

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