Thursday, 7 August 2025

Yesterday

 Yesterday saw me in Edinburgh guiding preceded by a coffee, breakfast and read here-

https://www.coffeesaints.co.uk/

My guiding is here - https://mansfieldtraquair.org.uk/


I really enjoy sharing the building’s history with visitors from far and near.
In the afternoon the post man arrived-
A wee addition to the garden railway, put together with superglue in the garden.
I had time to paint it and will varnish it today. Rain is forecast so there might be a delay in station construction work

The postman also brought this book I was hoping to buy at Claymore but wasn’t able to due to Caliver’s absence. On first flick through it looks a really interesting read. Currently enjoying the podcasts from “ The rest is history “ about Mary Queen of Scots…


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15 comments:

  1. Mark, Man of TIN7 August 2025 at 06:57

    Great to see the Penedredful Railway building programme and track laying infrastructure slowly and steadily happening.
    I hope your Fringe guiding goes well and you have lots of interested people.

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    1. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:08

      I am pleased with the progress made. The guiding has begun well and is tremendous fun.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  2. Maudlin Jack Tar7 August 2025 at 07:27

    The Station looks very nice - hopefully the rain will stay off long enough for a bit of work to be done.

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    1. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:08

      Update, weather has been mixed but progress indeed accomplished…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  3. The Good Soldier Svjek7 August 2025 at 07:34

    The Mary Queen of Scots podcast is really interesting, poor old Darnley!

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    1. Anonymous9 August 2025 at 14:13

      Me too. Poor old Darnley and his red trousers indeed! 😉
      Chris/Nundanket

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    2. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:10

      I loved the red trousers and St Andrews student disco stuff, it was splendid fun!
      Alan Tradgardland

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  4. Anonymous7 August 2025 at 12:06

    Thanks for sharing - these figures chapel looks impressive as does your station - hope it sees lots of traffic

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    1. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:11

      It is not the busiest of lines but the traffic has a certain quirky charm about it…
      Alan Tradgardland

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  5. Funny Little Wars7 August 2025 at 14:21

    Lovely post, Alan, thank you. Great to see the railway and the murals.

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    1. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:11

      Thanks. Both going well currently.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  6. Donnie McGibbon7 August 2025 at 17:34

    Busy times, must admit I am very interested in the Marian Wars book, I enjoyed reading Stuart's blog when he was planning it out, glad it was published.

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    1. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:13

      I’m pleased it was published too. I met him once at a show and bought one of his 18th century books off him. He was a really interesting, chatty man.
      Alan Tradgardland

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  7. Roger7 August 2025 at 23:07

    Is that lovely station building a wooden- or plastic kit? Looks good!

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  8. Anonymous10 August 2025 at 06:14

    Plastic, but has a wooden vibe to it.
    Alan Tradgardland

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