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Hello and welcome to my twice reinstated and updated photo reports of visits to narrow gauge model railway layouts and events! Following the sudden and untimely cessation of Fotopic in March 2011 and with it the loss of my photo galleries, I started this blog in order to try to keep my "Roving Reports" available to those who enjoy viewing them. I have linked this blogsite to the old galleries which I originally rebuilt and posted in albums in Picasaweb. Once all the old reports had been rebuilt, I have continued to add completely new ones to cover my visits to events from April 2011 onwards.

In August 2016 Google blocked access to Picasaweb in order to force everyone to use their "much better" Google Images, so I had to do the whole exercise again. Thanks! .

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Tuesday, 25 January 2022

22 January 2022, Ilton, SWOONS 15th Members Open Day

After a long and difficult time for us all since they were able to have the 14th members open day back in January 2020, Geoff Bowyer and the South West 009 Society (SWOONS) team faced a big challenge in deciding to go ahead with their 15th open day and, with several late withdrawals, it was a brave decision to go ahead. However, around 100 of us were very pleased that they did, as it was a really excellent little day out, with the chance to rekindle friendships after 2 long years in some cases, see top quality modelling "in the flesh", enjoy one of Maria and Matt Gicquel’s famous pasties and strain the budget at the Society sales table. Well worth making the journey and renewing like-minded friendships, with some visitors travelling over 200 miles noted. It only remains for me to say how much I enjoyed the event and for those who were unable to join in the fun at the Merryfield Hall in the small village of Ilton in Somerset, I hope that you enjoy my photo report of the day.


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