Review of 2024 : May

May was quite a busy month, the process of updating my photos of Warwickshire's railway stations hit high gear. We started off with a trip to Wood End, Tanworth and Danzey. There was a visit to Liverpool next, staying in the south of the city for a change.

Then came the big one, Polesworth! Polesworth railway station has only one train a day, and very early in the day it runs too. I had to get to Nuneaton by just after 6am to catch the only train to Polesworth that day. I was the only passenger who got off too, so on the 16th of May 2024 i was Polesworth station's only patron. A pretty surreal experience.

Then came the Severn Valley Railway diesel gala, always one of the year's highlights. Finally, i returned to Guildford for some more travelling around Surrey. A two day trip which helped me tick off quite a few stations.

Song of the month was "like a child" by Sferro X Tommy 96 featuring Mecha Maiko.

Church update : St Peter & St Paul, King's Sutton

I last visited King's Sutton a number of years ago, the church of St Peter and St Paul was just #9 in the Churches series back in 2017! On my previous visit i had not been able to get too close due to a dog in the churchyard which had barked at me aggressively! Luckily on my return trip a short while ago the dog was not around!

So, I was able to take a much better look at this fine church with it's tall spire including inside the church which is also in good condition.

Dialing a 706L

The second GPO 706L dialphone i have received actually has a working dial unlike the first, so how about some retro dialing action?

The Beaver is built

Project #110, a De Havilland Canada Beaver has now been completed (well once the varnish applied earlier dries). It has turned out pretty well apart from a semi-nightmare with the decals. That means i have now completed three model projects this year but the aim is to get a fourth done before the end of the year. So, i will need to start that pretty soon.

Review of 2024 : April

The Spring and early Summer tends to be my busiest time for travelling about. In April i started with a trip to the Birmingham Museum's depot where most of their collection is stored. I made another trip to London, ticking off stations along the Hammersmith & City Line in west London.

After this i returned to one of my favourite places, Wootton Wawen, to update my photographs of the station (mostly). Finally, i went to Bingham in Nottinghamshire.

A big project was kicked off in April, no not my next book (yet) but Project Deblogification (in fact the actual code name was Project Rhapsody though this was never publicised anywhere, until now anyway). This was an effort to transfer content from most of my blogs to a dedicated website. A lot of work was involved but was completed by the end of the Summer.

Song of the month was "ultraviolet" by Michaela May.