As you may see, we now have a date for our next exhibition.  The venue is the same, the day is almost the same as this year's too.  See you there?

Yesterday, Sunday 25th June 2023, was spent in the ancient downland church of St Botolph Annington.  All was set up before the advertised opening time, and despite some difficulties most trains were running soon after.  Attendance was good, the weather very warm but at least the inside of the old building was comfortable.
Lots of questions and conversation with many, quite a few new to the idea of railway modelling.
All round an afternoon well spent.
Next year?
A great many thanks to all the WRG members who helped and assisted, as well as those of the St Botolph's Church CCT committee.

The above has been taken from our community news magazine Your Steyning Bramber and Beeding, if the weather is fine it should be an interesting afternoon.  See you there?

An overall view of my latest occupant in the loft.  Hursley Next The Sea has at last had rails, wires, and power added to all of the chalk doodleing from the last couple of months

One of the Hursley Light's Terriers arrives in the goods/run round loop with the first freight train to Hursley.   Meanwhile the line's latest acquisition, in the real and model sense, sits in tha bay with a train for Chapelfield.  The throttle cable is not long enouggh for that yet, so it will have to wait for a charged phone and the Blue Tooth throttle!

Some pictures of the March 12 2023 Steyning Exhibition.
Builder and photograph credits shown.  Thanks to all the exhibitors and behind the scenes team for a great show.
                                           Andrew Knights

Layout by Alan Marlowe

Layout by Alan Monk

Layout Charlie Fox-Wilson

HO Stock Display Ian Simpson

Layout by Chris Ford, picture Andrew Knights

Above two layouts by Les Coleman

Layout and rolling stock by Syd Bunker

Layout by Tony Dean

It took almost a day of fan heater assistance.  But eventually the second coat of varnish progressed past the Fly-paper stage.  Not hard but at least dry and non-sticky to the touch.  The next four coats will have to wait until we have some warm weather and nights!

A picture of the painted creek bed and the two island linked bridges across it.  Still thinking about the name of the creek itself!

Not so very long ago a train belonging to the Hursley Light Railway (HLR) actually managed to complete a circuit of the loft.  Eerie like this seems to have been my prime residence over the last few months. At least when not organising our recent exhibition.

A final rearrangement of the two halls.  Good news is that we have over sixteen layouts.  The slightly less good news is that Wandleford Junction will not be at this event.  As organiser and general dogsbody I would be far too over committed to transporting and erecting the layout as well as tending to other exhibition needs. For this I appologize to all the Railway Modeller readers hoping to see the layout.

By Thomas lloyd

An occasional series of Doodle Plans inspred by the railways of Cornwall