The unexpected afternoon out for Mrs. Woody!

I took Mrs. Woody out for the afternoon! She wasn't expecting that and equally wasn't expecting to end up at the East Midlands Narrow Gauge Modellers Group show which mysteriously was on our route!

Never been before and upon questioning neither had Mrs. Woody - strange that! Anyway, it was one of those small shows where there were not massive crowds and you could chat with the exhibitors and take your time looking at what was there. I also had the opportunity to meet fellow blogger Steve, from Steve's Narrow Gauge Adventure - linked on my blog list on the front page or by clicking here. He had said he was attending and as I said I would be carrying a copy of the Beano or Dandy comic if I went we did recognise each other. As I was between him and the exit he had few options other than to talk to me! He did question as to whether Mrs. Woody really does have a list of chores for me to do which Mrs. Woody answered by saying there was a list of lists! That is news to me as well! Being serious, it was great to meet Steve and he is a really great guy with a real passion for narrow gauge modelling and if you have a look at his blog he produces some fantastic models.

Taking in the show itself there were a lot of layouts and traders. I did restrain my purchases but Eddie from 3D Printing For Charity was there to empty my wallet and a number of items from his ever increasing range came home with me.

Talking of 3D printing, this entire layout had been built from 3D printed items including the track.

There were some beautifully executed layouts like this simple circle of track constructed in a cable drum. Very effective!

This O gauge layout only measure 4 x 2 feet for the scenic area and talking to the builder he only built it to do some shunting at home with a beer or two!

He may only have built it for home use but it had some incredible detail like the guy having a sleep in his conservatory! That could be me if Mrs. W was not about!

This was another layout which was just a simple single track going through scenery but done like a picture with a frame round it.

Get inside the frame and it looks so real!

Another small layout which was for sale - Mrs.W pushed me past this one!

A most unusual layout in that it supposed a narrow gauge layout had made it into a World of automated trains, Amazon delivery pods and the tech world!