Testing the Sat-Nav

[simonthecat]

So, we actually bought a mid-range one because Halfords has 50% off on many Sat-Navs for today. Paying £100 for a £200 item strikes me as being a good idea. We decided that, once we'd bought it, we'd go somewhere to test it out. Well, you have to test things... ;-)

On TV this morning (on a food porn show called Saturday Kitchen of all places), they mentioned that there was a Model Village in a town called Beaconsfield. Connie asked me where Beaconsfield was, and I checked. Turns out it's just North of Slough.

So off we went, first off to Halfords, then set the address of the place (found on the internet before we went out) into the new toy, and off to Bekonscot Model Village.

(Warning, very heavy on pics...)

Overview, with Connie


Zoo 1


Zoo 2


Buildings - Click for more details...




Cricket


Builders


Train - first of many...


More Buildings














Trains again


Harbour


Train...


Oil tanker


Shops


Flowers (took this one by accident, but it looks ok so I kept it!)


Another house


Airport




Trains.... (yeah yeah. I'm a train nut)




Another overview


Back Gardens


Transparent house




Another overview


Morris Dancing


Show Jumping


Castle and troops


Fish




Footie


Big House


Hockey


Coach


Pool


Village Green


Lock


Fox Hunt


Spot the fox?


Ovaltine


Clipper


More Fish


Oil Terminal again


Signal Box - Full size control centre


Signal Box - Scale model


Pier


Bay harbour


Watermill


Pier head theatre


Windmill


Gipsies


Sheepdog trials


Harvest time


Brownies


And their church


Zoo 3


Zoo 4


Zoo 5


Polo


Can you see Herbie?


Scouts and Guides


Mine!


Romans


Chalk horse


Um, okay, another station...


Boys Brigade & Girls Brigade


Archery in the castle ruins





Th-th-th-that's all folks...!

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