The EMRC crew were at it again running a BBQ at Bunnings in Eltham.

At yesterday’s working bee, the standard gauge crossover deck was cut out.

Read about the progress of the exhibition working bee, held most Thursdays.

Doug and Glenn started have doing Thursday mornings again working on the Shelf Layout in the EMRC clubrooms.

This is the last Tour report for now. I have attempted to slow down, however the last two weeks have flown by with lots of things happening.

I have spent 5 days at a lovely cottage, Riding Hills Farm, near Hexham in Northumberland exploring Hadrian’s Wall and associated Roman forts It is hard to imagine that these were built in 122AD with the walls being 4 metres tall.

Steve & Carolyn on narrow boat Emmaus stopped to say good bye as the headed off towards the Crick Boat show. We soon headed on our way back to the marina through a couple of lift bridges after a great week in good company.

What a great week we are having. Whilst staying with David Nottage at his home in Shotley Gate we organized to hire a 47 foot narrow boat for a week from Anglo Welsh Boats starting at Tardebigge near Bromsgrove.

I have just finished having a wonderful week in Cumbria. I wanted to spend some time walking through the fels (hills) of the Lake District but staying away from the hustle and bustle of the tourist areas. I found a lovely cottage in Troutbeck and booked it for a week.

I made my way to Hawes and after a good night’s sleep I borrowed instructions for one of the walks in the area and headed off. I had only gone a short distance and received a big shock.

I have been working my way through my ‘bucket list’ of things I wanted to see and do. After the Norfolk Steam Train Tour I had to go to Weston-Super-Mare to see a company that is adding sound decoders to 18 of my locomotives and using the best soundtracks available.

Melbourne – Perth – Heathrow Aboard the all new Qantas Boeing 787 Dreamliner. I enjoyed the whole flight. It was on time. The food was really good, especially the breakfast as we were getting close to Heathrow.

Last year Doug Willett and I helped Leith Park to build a model railway from equipment donated by a family. Last December was the Grand Opening.

Doug Willett was approached by Adrian from Leith Park Retirement Community about what to do with a large collection of model railway equipment that had just recently been left to them.

The shelf layout is progressing well. The electrical duplication of the rails underneath the layout is almost done.

EMRC placed a small stand at the recent exhibition put on by Yarra Valley Model Railway Club at Hurstbridge over the Easter weekend in 2013.

The closest I have come to seeing one of these Hornby live locos going.

This was taken on a trip to Walhalla. The Walhalla Goldfields Railway railway is well worth a ride. Watching the rugged scenery go by you can’t help admiring how they built and then restored the line.