Riding the extended Rainsbrook Valley Miniature Railway.. Open weekend. May 2023 

Many thanks.

Now my head is getting a lot bigger than normal lol! I did know about Woolston near Southampton. We know of a few more Woolston's dotted about the UK. Liverpool and Oswestry area's have one. I did visit the Southampton one and had a photo taken outside Woolston garage lol! We have two sleepers at this track but could only find the one. We did this many years ago when the track was in the planning stage Rob. The track is on the outskirts of Rugby. The guys that built it have done a great job, you can find videos of the old track, plus a drive around the part completed track on my channel, but you might have to go back a bit...Thanks for your nice comment Rob..Best wishes Chris and Rosie

Just a shame it's not being used more Bob, it is a fantastic layout... Best wishes Chris

Hi, I have to agree, such a lovely well built railway and nobody running, crazy! They did have two more steam booked in for the Sunday. Perhaps it was the wrong weekend as it is Hemsby week, I know a lot go to that. I did book in with Scot but they never replied so could this be the reason nobody went? The token post is still there, perhaps they use it when more trains are running. I have drove on this railway a few times and love it, but this is a first to ride the completed layout, amazing. Best wishes Chris.

Hi Alan. Are you at Hemsby this week? Rugby... I was looking forward to a run around with the Scot, even hoping that they would have there Scot in steam (it's awaiting repairs) Fancy running an invitation weekend on the same weekend as Hemsby. They have got the 7 1/4 AGM coming sometime I was told, so you might get to it then. I even checked my sent box of my emails to make sure it had been sent, it had. Never mind we had a good mornings visit.

@wooltman It's such a shame that all that work seems wasted when they fail on the basics! They will need to be 'on the ball' if they run a 71/4 AGM!! We're hosting this years' following an urgent approach earlier this year! The booked society had decided to drop out and left them in the lurch!! There is a lot to do but it's concentrating the minds of the club! It just means we won't have our annual rally as that's usually one or two weeks before the AGM!

That was it Alan, one steam and two battery boxes. Two more steam were booked in on Sunday. For an Open weekend a very poor turn out. Cheers Chris

Nothing said about the Princess, front bogie was off so could be under repair. I have seen photo's of it running. The unrebuilt Scot was in the workshop for repairs to it's bearings (Girls Brigade). The raised track is also a VERY long run, sadly nobody with a riding truck or I would have filmed that as well, another day. Very poor turn out considering it was an Open weekend with camping available. Why have an invite weekend when it clashes with the Hemsby week. They did say two more steam were expected on the Sunday...We had booked but never heard a thing back so just went for a look. Very poor. Best wishes Chris

@@wooltman Shame it was a poor turnout ,its such a shame when this happens you feel sorry for the club putting in all the effort ,Hope we can meet up again sometime ,best wishes Graham