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Ah - I have confused myself - I meant DPD, not DHL.

This is always worth a watch. We lived high in the Cotswolds when 'it' arrived - the scale of it was startling.

I understand that they had issues with the electronic door security system, where their badges weren't recognised, so staff couldn't even get into the buildings. This explains why nobody was able to turn it off and back on again.

There can be large regional variations in otherwise 'identical' couriers. DHL would be my preferred deliverer on the Big Island, by far - Andrej will arrive in the first five minutes of the hour that was predicted, infallibly. Others are less reliable - I had a delivery, by Yodel, 'to a neighbour' whilst I was exiled on the Western Island - they informed me by email and I forwarded that to the alleged sender, my phone supplier, as I suspected it was a scam - that neighbour actually found it eight weeks later, hidden behind one of my bins. The sender, having initially denied sending me anything, and knowing that I was in exile, then spent two days ringing me on my UK landline and complaining that I wasn't answering (er....), then, finally emailing me and demanding that I tell them what the label said, when I didn't even know who had it - and nobody actually did.

Hazlehatch is ghoulish again at the moment.

I am concerned about the large stack of pallets - it's probably just as well that they didn't arrive in early July...

Excellent! But, what we really want to know is is that counter in the background really made of giant speakers?

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

Let's jazz it up a bit - Take the A (class) Train..?

At the risk of straying into religion, Methuselah was not a 'her'. Say ten Hail Mary's and you stand a chance of slightly less time in Purgatory.

The runs from the flashing on the roof - excellent stuff!

Mmm, I was wondering about the Club Orange...

Might a few have made it to Castlecomer or Arigna?

I assume it's been scanned already and I'm expecting the container to arrive for Christmas 2023?

The second of four programmes is currently on Radio 3 now - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010253 - still without any mention of Sleaford, so far.

Lovely! I'm a great fan of 'image modelling' - no doubt the Germans have a word for it - getting the whole 'feel' of a time and place, without needing the absolute finest detail - as in the way that a watercolour can be more truthful than a photograph.

Truly remarkable! All that was missing for full authenticity was to turn it upside down.

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I'm not short of blades, Blud. It strikes me that, it not being die-cut from the front, I might be able to avoid the 'exposed corner' issue that modern Metcalfe kits have?

I picked this up at a boot sale a few years ago and I might finally have a go at it over the winter. I'm not sure how old it is, but it does have a sticker on for a fiver, however, that could have been applied at any point this side of 1971. It is simply printed card, no die-cutting - hence the handy scalpel, with a Swann Morton No 10 blade - they omitted to include any plasters. There are eight and a half sheets, with the buildings printed on all walls, so they can be arranged in multiple forms, subject to small amounts of roof surgery, as applicable. The outside edges won't be that hard, but all those window apertures is not something to look forward to. The windows are also printed-on-card, rather than actually transparent sheets, but pictures of the assembled items look generally OK.

I was going past on the bike today, so was able to get a decent picture. It still doesn't seem to have been hit yet, but it is 16' / 4.8m. It is just a few miles north of the site of the Hixon crash back in the late 60s.

As much as we're all gasping with impatience, they aren't ventilators and there should be no, or at least few, fatalities as a result. How much would 8,000 kilometres of flexitrack cost? They could be run in on the way here, without being subject to the 'global transport system'.

The liveries of donkey carts. Let us be grateful that few rivets are on view...

That is definitely the way to go, if it is feasible, it's hardly worth setting yourself properly up for just a few pictures.