One of the things to do this year is build a garden railway. Using LGB track, a flowerbed near the house is destined to become a trackbed with alpines and minature buildings.
To get a feel for the space available I chucked down half a curve of set track pieces. I wouldn't want to try and run anything on it as the trackbed included plants, rocks and lumps of earth but the pieces made up for a surprisingly strong construction. Even so the result looks quite appealing.
The result is that unusually we have a bit more space than expected and the end curve might gain a bit of a wiggle in it's middle (OK, short reverse curve section for purists) to emphasise the narrow gauge feel.
Before then however there is the little matter of re-building the edges of the raised bed. Currently a mix of rotten sleepers, crumbling brickwork, insecure log rolls and hope, these are to be replaced with proper block work. So all I need to do is build 63 feet of wall two blocks high. That's about 100 concrete blocks then. I suppose it's a change from the miniature stuff !
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