As has become standard practice for the Midland Region, we kicked off the 2024 calendar of fixtures on the 13th January with a social get-together and luncheon. Having established in 2023 a great working relationship with the team at Leicestershire Aero Club, we thought it would be nice to avail ourselves of the wonderful facilities … Read more

On a cold but sunny day at the RAF Museum Cosford around 16 artists plus guests, gathered for a day of sketching, catching up with each other, looking round the exhibition, etc. This was the last Midland Region meeting of the year and during the welcome and introductory talk Phil Hadley outlined a few of … Read more

Sometimes a plan comes together very quickly but then there are those that take some time to come to fruition. A Midland Region meeting at our ‘local’ Leicester Airport had long been an idea by your Eds but it took an invite by our good friend Mary Moore to meet with Leicestershire Aero Club Chairman … Read more

It was a bright autumn morning when we arrived at Statfold Barn. The site had ‘something for all the family’: rope slides, adventure play areas for the kids, a miniature ride-on railway, a fine collection of vintage buses and traction engines, and what we came for… an excellent collection of narrowgauge locomotives. After the usual … Read more