10 December 2011, Narrow Gauge (and a few ships!) at the Wigan Model Railway Exhibition

I don't often go to the big "mainstream" model railway shows - expensive to get in and too many people in front of the layouts to be able to get good views and photo opportunities are two of the reasons, but I have intended to make the long trip from Dorset to Wigan for several years, enticed by the consistently good reports about the show, so this year with some really top notch narrow gauge layouts amongst the 30+ layouts, and weekly emails encouraging me to come from Stan Williams I decided to make the effort. Unfortunately I was only able to attend for one day, when a show this size really needs the full weekend to take everything in, but I did manage to have a good look at the narrow gauge side of things and to meet many narrow gauge modelling friends and acquaintances who were present either exhibiting or as visitors, which alone was more than enough to justify the expense of a 550 mile round trip and a small mortgage on the entrance fee for me. An excellent day all round and an absolutely outstanding 009 Society publicity and modelling demo display - easily the best Society/Association stand in the show and full congratulations from me to fellow friends and members who both organised it and manned it.

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