Signs not in use!

You sometimes just wonder! 

I spotted this on the roadside and thought does that refer to the sign itself, other signs, or what? 

It does remind me of an episode of the Simpsons where this appeared!

Anyway, back to the WMD HQ were I was not in the mood for anything on the bench so I had a look at my Accurascale Andrew Barclay 0-4-0 loco that I got for Christmas 2024. 

A wonderful loco, just like the ones at the Rocks By rail Museum. However, it was one that had the classic issue of the motor mount failing meaning the motor ran but the loco didn't!

Removing the body from the chassis was not too taxing although there is some cosmetic pipework to undo.

The culprits causing the issue are the two clips either side of the motor. They were not clipping the motor in place, hence the motor did not mesh with the rest of the drive gears. Although Accurascale supply a rectified replacement, I just bent the clips inwards and the motor clipped in place.

Body back on it was tested on the track and runs beautifully! 

A nice quick job with a satisfactory ending! Nice!

A sign of the times?

If you have dipped into this blog before you may know I have a bit of a fascination with signs They are a good indicator about things. My despair that we see signs at the side of the road saying 'Don't litter' when it should be something that the population do not need to be told as we should not be littering anywhere. Anyway, I thought I had seen it all in terms of signs, but my bike ride took me past this  arrowed in red.

I'm not sure whether to be delighted that the existence of a pothole is warned of through the placement of a sign or whether the time taken to deliver and place the sign might not have been better used in fixing said pothole! A sign of the times?

A bit further up the road my frustrations were forgotten as I took in the delight of seeing this pair of swans with their cygnets. I have never seen swans resting like this on their legs so I learnt something! I did look for the 'Warning - Standing Swans' sign but there wasn't one! Maybe another sign of the times!