LET IT SNOW

Saturday evening we held our Christmas dinner and Annual Awards evening at the White Horse, Ridgewell, an entertaining evening all round.
This week has been taken up with preparations for the Santa Specials which start on Sunday 5th. The trains have been decorated - all that up and down putting the trimmings up is good exercise! Just a blitz on snow-clearing Saturday to do now.

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