With just over a month to go to Wells and having recovered sufficiently from surgery, I have finally managed to make some progress on the fiddle yards.

I have modified two of the trestles to provide a level of adjustable support and duly joined both fiddle yards to their respective end boards. I’ve then laid tracks across the gap at the Wells end and started to lay the fiddle yard track itself . I’ve settled on 6 roads which at just under 5ft long should allow me to store 2 short trains at some point in the future. I’m using brass shoot bolts to transfer power and provide alignment.

The Axbridge end will have the added complication of the Cheddar West siding to worry about.

Also today I was able to visit the Waterworks site courtesy of some very helpful people at Bristol Water and take photos ahead of modelling a couple of the buildings adjacent to the line. It’s amazing how much detailing went into an industrial building then compared with how much the equivalent would now. I doubt these will be ready for Wells but I should at least have a mock up.