A Quiet Week

Last week I set the alarm on my phone to 03.30  to get up early for the fishing trip guess who forgot to cancel the alarm, it went off at  0.3.30 today, on the route to the A3 I go past Hook Road Arena, I was passing it at just past 05.00 and sellers were queuing up to get in, as I went past the site of the A3 Boot Sale the sellers were setting up

This engine arrived during the week, I had been after an additional one for some time, this is probably one of the most unusual locomotive t appear as a Ready To Run model, three were in existence in 1948 when the railways were nationalised, one was on the Kent & East Sussex Railway though it had not been used since 1946, the other two were derelict at Eastleigh works, I think that the two derelict ones may have been kept to provide spare parts for the Kent & East Sussex Railway example. When the model came out in 2020 like all OO Works locomotives a limited edition, I brought one, I would have liked more but my budget kept me to one, the original cost was £279 + £10 P&P, a casual glance at eBay looing for something else the listing showed up, I put it in my watch list, the seller was also listing two other OO Works loco's, I put bids in for all three, I was outbid on the other two. the cost including  P & P £305, the last one that came up went for £350, I was unable to bid as my eBay account had been hacked and my Credit & Debit cards had been maxed out, the model arrived Saturday and I was able to sneak it in (I am on a model railway embargo), it was described as having little use on testing it sounded dreadful on quick inspection the oil and grease had dried out, a quick re-lube and some gentle running in and all was well, now I am waiting for one in LSWR livery to appear.

At last weeks Boot Sale another unusual item you would not expect to see at a Boot Sale was a 'Resussy Annie' doll used to teach mouth to mouth resuscitation, why I didn't recognise it at first it was a male one these are much rarer then the female ones, also it was just the upper torso, when I did first aid we had one similar but as a female and was known as Arthur, it was also a high end model as it had a tray of electronics open, some of the more sophisticated models gave print outs of the performance etc.