Ramsdale...
All my other layouts are depicted in the good old carefree 1960’s, so this one is too. It is a model of part of a country estate near to “Ramsdale Hall” and has been getting visitors to see the historic building and its gardens for a few years. It is situated in ancient park land near the North Yorkshire coast which once upon a time was hunting grounds, and then later controlled by the Monks of Whitby Abbey.
Of course, every country house worth its salt has a Tea Room, usually where stewed tea is served from huge tea pots, or if you prefer, “Camp” coffee, plus of course homemade cakes & biscuits (Battenburg…there’s always Battenberg!). Ramsdale Hall has one such tearoom, a short walk down the lane from the house, near to the old castle ruins, in an idyllic setting. It has picnic tables in the garden and a wishing well. And now there is a new attraction in its grounds, a short one and a half mile 15” gauge railway which runs from the nearby Penny Howe Light Railway via the fields and old castle ruins to Ramsdale. The railway brings visitors and day-trippers, and some supplies for the house, which are taken up to the hall by handcart.
"Yeti" shunting wagons in the goods siding.
"Kappa", with the hall in the background.
The Tea Room.
