And So It Begins . . .

As mentioned, one of my Christmas gifts this year was a train set, and while the Virgin Pendolino had to go back due to a fault, it has duly been replaced by a Flying Scotsman.

A baseboard has been constructed, and much time is now being spent on track layouts, researching the ins and outs of track underlay, points, building models etc., etc.

We hadn't realised quite how many YouTube videos there were out there on model trains - the level of detail some enthusiasts go into is phenomenal . . .  but I don't think we'll be going as far as airbrushing our track with 'sleeper grime'!

For us, I think this will be a work in progress for quite a while - but expect lots of train set related blogs over the coming months.