Month: July 2020
Well, work will shortly resume on the Boltorr branch. I have a further aim. That involves using a second space in our cellar… Mrs Hill doesn’t know yet… But this is my ambition: I really wanted a roundy-roundy, but space…
Where did the ¼” come from? “Standard” / “Stevenson’s” gauge, around the world is 4′ 8½”, 1.435 m, seemingly a fairly arbitrary dimension. But Brunel begged to differ. The only true gauge in his mind was seven foot. Other gauges…
… In the meantime, my music listening strategy… Now. Do LPs sound better? Probably not. Do they sound different? Probably yes… My hifi (’60s term) is centred around the vinyl/analogue route. Is that necessarily better? Well, it depends which way…
I have an early original stereo pressing but this is a 2014 180g mono version… by the Beatles in case you didn’t know.
This blog really centres on a tiny portion of an imaginary railway which crosses, what in our universe is, Dartmoor, Devon. Now when I say imaginary, I don’t mean that King Arthur will be catching the local on his way…
And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful wifeAnd you may ask yourself, “Well… how did I get here?” This is actually the second iteration of dumnonia.us. dumnonia.us v.1.00 kind of bit the dust. It was…
So. Dumnonia is back. Apart from a year’s absence, there was the small issue of screwing up my SQL database. But no matter. I’m back… This time, it’s all about me… …And my model railway, music, hifi, bicycles and life…