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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by tom_tom_go » Mon Aug 21, 2017 11:16 am

Samples please!

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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by markoteal » Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:28 pm

Sadly by the time the grapes sweeten enough, the mice and birds have usually got the majority - you never know though!
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Post by philipy » Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:51 pm

At least you get grapes! I've got a bumper crop this year, 3 whole 'bunches' with at least half a dozen 'grapes on each, and some have even grown as big as peas. :roll:
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Post by FWLR » Tue Sep 12, 2017 6:59 am

I have 4 fruit trees and for the past 3 years i have had nothing of all of them, they did flower so you would expect them to fruit, i do have some very small apples on a tree, but the other’s pear/cherry and plum nothing.

Love your line Mark, it’s great and Anne loves the sausage train.... :thumbup: :thumbup:

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Post by markoteal » Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:10 pm

Just got back from North Wales- the birds and mice have got the grapes again this year! LOL!
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Post by markoteal » Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:32 am

Its getting cold so the Shed to Bird Table (Train Code SD2BT) workings have started in earnest

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The birds are eating that much, I could run a train each day!
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Post by tom_tom_go » Fri Nov 03, 2017 12:56 pm

Great excuse to run a train each day and it has a meaniful purpose.

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Post by FWLR » Sat Nov 04, 2017 8:36 am

Thats what i intend to do when it stops raining lol :lol: :lol:

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Post by markoteal » Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:58 pm

Did you get out - I ran 3 more trains today to keep the birds fed!
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Post by Soar Valley Light » Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:44 pm

Absolutely brilliant! I love to see a railway that really does something - and such a worthwhile cause too.

I'm afraid if I were to try and keep up with the greedy ganets that feed in our garden (front and back) I'd need something akin to the six track railway that makes up the last 8 miles of the Midland route into London! :shock:
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Post by Big Jim » Sun Nov 05, 2017 8:44 pm

Our local feathered friends don't seem to have any appetite at all yet. The son and heir filled a peanut feeder before we went of on our travels and it is still full, even the squirrels seem to be giving the grounds a wide berth at the moment.
Bats on the other hand are all over the place.
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Post by Peter Butler » Sun Nov 05, 2017 10:32 pm

I think we must have your birds here Jim.... my wife feeds them well and they tell all of their friends where the best restaurant around is sited....
We do have an amazing selection of birds visit us from tiny Wren to huge birds of prey. Diane regularly looks up new varieties which appear, some of which I have never heard of.
We do get bats too, but not near the house, except for the one which flew into the kitchen!
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Post by FWLR » Mon Nov 06, 2017 8:31 am

markoteal wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2017 6:58 pm Did you get out - I ran 3 more trains today to keep the birds fed!
Unfortunately not :| , we had some friends round, then went out for tea. :) Will be hoping today to lay some wooden stepping blocks.

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Santa Specials 2017

Post by markoteal » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:06 pm

A few pics from todays Santa's Specials

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Post by tom_tom_go » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:21 pm

Santa get's his own colour coded coach, nice!

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Post by markoteal » Sat Dec 23, 2017 10:25 pm

Cheers Tom - Yes, he was happy to get away from hanging on the Christmas tree for rides on the Santa Specials at the CHLR as well as having a ride around the Kent 16mm Hopfields last week!
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Post by LNR » Sun Dec 24, 2017 4:16 am

The coach in that livery sits well with your Millie.
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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by steamer68 » Sun Dec 24, 2017 5:42 am

The colour of the coach livery is really nice and santa should be happy also. :lol:
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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by FWLR » Sun Dec 24, 2017 6:39 am

Hope he didn’t get to tipsy. :lol: Great photo’s. :thumbright:

Have a brilliant Christmas and All the Best :santa: :santa: :santa: :santa:

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Re: Welcome to the CHLR

Post by markoteal » Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:33 pm

A few pics from CHLR from recent activities:-

Firstly a pic from todays wood kindling freight trains - looked after today by steam power with Spitfire taking a load down to Junction goods yard
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Next a pic from Christmas Santa Specials - the big man about to set off up the line - its a shame you can't hear the chatter of the children in the coach ready for him to pop in with their presents at the first stop!
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And finally a little video of Santa on the move near BBQ End station

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