'In Print' and first running session this year ...

The CVR is in June 2018's Garden Rail magazine...

 So today after finishing my garden jobs (cutting the grass and some planting) I had a celebratory running session (the first of the year). Short train - battery Diesel loco, wagon and coach

 practiced stopping at the new halt ....

passengers in the coach had come to see the dinosaurs which roam on the upper central island...

I spent a pleasant 15 or 20mins running the train round the layout  😀

Rockery Bottom Halt ....

As part of refurbishing the rockery,  after removing some plants I sized up where to put a simple small halt for the railway...

The best place was just after curve before going into rockery cutting, a rummage in the garage yielded a spare split log roll and some brick pavers. So a bit of digging out and a slim trench made with a spade to put in the split logs...

 split log roll tapped (bashed) into in place with mr sledge and a brick paver tried for size ...

 used up the rest of the brick pavers to form the platform surface

I used an old 'Sylvanian Families' toy building as the shelter (needs work on the roof/front); engineers inspect the new halt ....