If I ever get around to writing my auto-biography, not that anyone would be interested in my life, ‘The Road to Wooden Gate Junction’ would be a great title. It sounds exotic, it tells of a journey to unknown places and it leaves the reader enthralled at the prospect of going there with me. Until … Continue reading The Road to Wooden Gate Junction
Unfolding plans 94 – exciting times in the North East
London is a hot place when the sun shines. On Wednesday it got well over thirty degrees. I think I was the only one in the capital to be wearing a jacket and tie but standards have to be kept. I had caught the train down (yes not up) to present at a conference on … Continue reading Unfolding plans 94 – exciting times in the North East
Lilliput on rails
If you don’t believe in parallel universes then you should have made a visit to the Parks Sports Centre at North Shields to see the model railway exhibition at Railex North East 2012. With forty different layouts, fourteen different demonstrations and twenty three different traders it was some event. The exhibition space took up the … Continue reading Lilliput on rails
Causey Burn
The noise of the huffing and puffing of the engine made its way across the burn and through the trees to the old waggon way high up on the banks of the gorge. A short blast on the whistle told that the engine was on its way. It was struggling to pick up speed and … Continue reading Causey Burn
Thoughts from a Guerrilla Worker 