Boxing Day Blues
Christmas is done and we are in to that strange period up to New Year, the Boxing Day Blues sink in. Hope everyone had good Christmas’s. Looking online many seem to have got plenty of modelling in. Having been away, there hasn’t been any modelling done sadly. However… One advantage of being away this year has been that my Boxing Day Blues were a little different. As I spent Boxing Day driving Talyllyn Railway No 1. The day was cold but we had some stunning sunshine. The majority of the Santa Train decorations, had been removed. No tinsel remained here! Just the festive wreaths on the smoke box doors and the occasional bauble discretely tucked away. There were some hanging underneath for my to find on the inspection that made me chuckle! Despite the Baltic conditions, one of our passengers arrived bare footed in his open topped MG, now that is one way to make an entrance! The trains were all well loaded with people enjoying the sunshine. There’s been some high winds overnight, but ...
