Wood-turning is progressing well, even if I am 'handicapped' by Mrs M and all her demands for various wood-turned spinning objects. Over the past twelve months I have built up quite a nice stage of wood, as bowl-blanks, as spindles or as planks, ..... BUT why is it I don't seem to have the right wood when I get a request for a certain object. Furthermore, just as I produce a new object, all I seem to get is something like "that's gorgeous, however, if you had done this or shaped that bit differently it would be even better" ggrrrrrrr .
Last week had two very interesting days. On Thursday evening I went to visit a friend from my model railway club in Ward 103 at Frenchay Hospital, the very room I 'stayed' in when I first went in with my heart condition some three and half years ago. Strange, but good, because that was the start of my period of heart repair.
When I got back home, Mrs M told me we had to go down to Petersfield in Hampshire either on the Friday or the Saturday to collect a spinning wheel she had just bought on Ebay. Thats okay, but I'll just check to see if the Mid-Hants Railway will have started it's Spring Timetable on the Saturday. Well blow me down, the season started that weekend with their Spring Steam Gala. So on Friday we spent a good three hours on the Watercress Line, FAB !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Waiting for some new 009 locos to arrive from the 009 Society Sales Stand, more on this next blog.
photo taken from
FolkestoneJack's Blog
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