Photo taken on Lindesfarne itself (Bealman's 2023 UK Adventure, page 11).

Quote from: joe cassidy on December 26, 2025, 08:27:02 PMA rake of 6 LNER Thompson coaches.

The old b..... charged them to my credit card 

You must have been naughty during the year 

A rake of 6 LNER Thompson coaches.

The old b..... charged them to my credit card 

I got a fantastic Zulu mug "Zulus to the South-West. Thousands of 'em!", two funny t-shirts, biscuits.  My wife and I haven't really done presents for many years, as the funds go on the kids, so it's lovely to get a few things. 

Quote from: Phoenix on December 25, 2025, 11:19:41 PMNothing wrong with a drop of mead 

This is my favourite, avaliable from my local conveniance store 

Big fan of Lindisfarne mead although it's quite a bit different in taste to a lot of mead being about 14.5% and very sweet.

Not for Christmas but for my birthday. Mrs PP bought me a new Warship in maroon livery to go with the two green ones that I already had.

Quote from: PennineWagons on December 26, 2025, 06:56:42 PMBoth were in the Farish catalogue from 2005-2009, so assuming that Farish only produced the one batch of each and then kept them in the catalogue until they were sold out, they're both twenty years old.

PW

I knew that, which is why I told the OP that in my first post. IDK why it was ever questioned.  Possibly because I was more interested in answering his original question rather than demonstrating how clever I was as a historian

Model Rail Database is always a good source of info on production dates for particular models.

Winston Churchill - https://www.modelraildatabase.com/locomotives/details/4119/

Merry Hampton - https://www.modelraildatabase.com/locomotives/details/4138/

Both were in the Farish catalogue from 2005-2009, so assuming that Farish only produced the one batch of each and then kept them in the catalogue until they were sold out, they're both twenty years old.

PW

A new TV/monitor which turns out to be trash and is going back tomorrow to be replaced by something from another vendor, and a house.

Well at least we got all the paperwork from the solicitor on christmas eve to check over ready to sign the contracts after everyone sobers up start of new year.