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Posted: **Tue May 01, 2012 10:23 pm**

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:69898 wrote:Victor Isle is getting ready to leave for his first inspection...

Any news - where is he going first?

Posted: **Tue May 01, 2012 11:18 pm**

Can't Wait!

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2012 7:19 pm**

Sorry everyone, exam stress has caused this project to be delayed. I'll get him sent off to you Hussra first (we'll go in the order of the list) on Saturday and we'll go from there. There will be no due dates, keep him for as long as you need!

Posted: **Wed May 02, 2012 7:39 pm**

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:70450 wrote:Sorry everyone, exam stress has caused this project to be delayed. I'll get him sent off to you Hussra first (we'll go in the order of the list) on Saturday and we'll go from there. There will be no due dates, keep him for as long as you need!

No worries, I remember exam stress (half a lifetime ago). Look forward to meeting him.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 9:40 pm**

Just to let everyone know the project is delayed due to
A, Exams
and B,
I dropped victor Isle so have now got to get round to repairing him! Out with the super glue!

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 10:06 pm**

No worries: (a) exams are probably, on balance, more pressing than railways, and (b) time in hospital for him equals railway-building time here...

Posted: **Mon Jul 09, 2012 4:47 pm**

Can we send him a get well soon card to start creeping before he inspects the lines?

Will renaming an engine "Lord of the ISLES" get brownie points or is he still as forthright as he was when the DVLR closed?

Posted: **Tue Jul 10, 2012 9:52 am**

I really am sorry to everyone on the list for messing up, I forgot to send him before I went to wales. I've got a nice relaxing week at home from the 14th onwards so I'll send him off then. Pestering me will help though!

Posted: **Tue Jul 10, 2012 10:25 am**

The delay has, though, meant that he will have rather more railway to inspect when he reaches the EHLR.

Posted: **Tue Jul 10, 2012 11:07 pm**

Does he come with a snorkel?

Posted: **Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:19 pm**

Well the engine got renamed but the WPSR signwriters spelling failed

Posted: **Mon Jul 16, 2012 12:36 pm**

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:72636 wrote:I really am sorry to everyone on the list for messing up, I forgot to send him before I went to wales. I've got a nice relaxing week at home from the 14th onwards so I'll send him off then. Pestering me will help though!

Don't forget to post the inspector this week!

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:45 am**

So here's how this will work. Once you receive the inspector you must take him to inspect as many railways as possible and take photos! Then with the photos you have to post an inspection report on here. Be as creative and mean as you like!
As another idea I'd also love it if we could write him a diary for each visit so we get to see the personal side of Mr. Isle.
I shall start us off in a few hours with his departing thoughts...

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:53 am**

The directors of the Elmdon Heath Light Railway are quaking in their boots.

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 1:39 pm**

Mr. Bond of the DVLR:73225 wrote:So here's how this will work. Once you receive the inspector you must take him to inspect as many railways as possible and take photos! Then with the photos you have to post an inspection report on here. Be as creative and mean as you like!
As another idea I'd also love it if we could write him a diary for each visit so we get to see the personal side of Mr. Isle.
I shall start us off in a few hours with his departing thoughts...

How long do you want each of us to keep him?

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:56 pm**

As long as you like!

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:31 pm**

Can't get photo bucket to work so can't show you what you'll be receiving.
So you'll get a wooden box (badly wrapped - sorry Hussra) with the inspector inside, a tiny diary for you to write a summary of his visit in and his clip board. I did have a pen but I lost it.

He has departed and will arrive with Hussra tomorrow or Saturday.
Remember, his visits are what you make of them so please get creative and take plenty of photos, write mock reports, write his diary entries. Lets give him a really good personality!

I hope it all goes well. I'll be sending Hussra the next postal address as I'll be away in Norfolk for the next two weeks.

When its your turn to send him on I'll send you the address of the next person and you'll have to pm that person to tell them to watch out for the inspector!

Good luck everyone!

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:53 pm**

Mr. Isle wired back today to say that he had safely arrived at his first railway. Let the Inspection Begin!

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:00 pm**

As Mr Bond says, the inspector has landed! He has spent the afternoon lurking in the undergrowth and observing. But first some unboxing photos.

Posted: **Fri Jul 27, 2012 6:06 pm**

The inspectors jacket is awfully dusty after all that travelling! I hope you fair well...

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