Baxham Fishing Lakes and Smokery.

[Jon Randall]

Thanks everybody for your kind comments.

The horticulturists came back and planted some Common Osiers last night.



I'm trying to plant in blocks to give the impression of a man-made environment.

Need to tidy things up tonight as
a/ I can't find things
b/ The mrs wants to get into the freezer

[dr5euss]

That looks really good, Jon; what are the taller things?

[Nick Ellingworth]

Some sort of plant life.

[dr5euss]

Ahhhhhhhhh, thanks Nick

[Bob Taylor]

Every ones an expert



Bob.

[Jon Randall]

The taller things are the Common Osiers

[Jon Randall]

I suppose you're going to ask what the shorter things are next, are you

[More_Cats_Than_Sense]

I suppose you're going to ask what the shorter things are next, are you

Weeds?

Looks good Jon

[Jon Randall]

Way back Steve Bennett wrote:

John's suggestion of cooked fish threw up another idea . The triangle at the front could house a smoker, for smoking the fish.

So I built it tonight.


This was the first one at the lake before it had become commercial. Business must have been good because a new one has turned up from here






Unfortunately the smoke stacks are too high to shut the lid of the suitcase so I'll have to mount them on a removeable subframe.
A veiw of both together.

[dr5euss]

Fantastic Jon, I couldn't believe it was real until I saw the link. You'll have to take a copy of the picture to the show wiuth you

[Steve Bennett]

Great Jon, never thought you would take the suggestion seriously .
The first one is the kind of thing I was thinking of, but the deluxe one is sure to become a talking point. Now I know you are as nuts as me

[Oztrainz]

is the smoker going to smoke

[Jon Randall]

Thanks George, Steve and Jon.
Yes I'm gnuts but gnot enough to make it smoke, yet.

Quandary time.
This is where the layout is now, (Carl says you have to have a gimmick, well I've got the kitchen sink) I hear you cry Steve



Now do a put up a corugated iron shed or not


A couple of close-up shots



Any comments please.

[dr5euss]

I like the idea of having a building in that corner, I'm just thinking about the roofline though.

How about having an apex from the front, as you have it now, but change the roof over the two sidings to a lean to sloping down towards the back?

[Nick Ellingworth]

Brilliant Jon, the sink is a really nice touch and adds plenty of character to a layout already stuffed with it.

[Steve Bennett]

Having a building in the front corner works well Jon. I think reducing the length of the extension on the left where the sink is, would give a better balance. Another possible would be to rotate the sink 90 degrees and have it under a canopy tacked on to a building over the track, not sure if that would still allow space for the smokers though. Just an idea.

[Jon Randall]

Thanks for all your feedback. It was frustrating me as a building in that corner appealed to me but that one needed more space.
This is building mock-up Mk2




This to me looks like a progression of buildng as the as the old smoker is now out of use and the new one has had to be relocated further away as it is too big to fit.

The plan is to wall in the back of the shed with a fairly large window to encourage people to look through. I'm not worried about hiding the new smoker as it is big enough to take care of itself.

Now the front left corner looks bare

[Bob Taylor]

Only because there's no rolling stock.

Looking very good.



Bob.

[Jon Randall]

Thanks Bob.
I've started on the rolling stock today but it's rained too much to spray-paint them. Hopefully tomorrow night
Must be finished in 6 nights, started to worry now a bit

[Glen A]

The layout takes on a different transformation with that building.
I think the 2nd one looks better, a bit less dominating.
Plus you don’t want to draw too much attention away from the great job you have done on the pond.

[Jon Randall]

Cheers Bob and Glen.
Here's the final mock-up.

Bulding will begin tonight.

Bob Taylor wrote:

Only because there's no rolling stock

Oops gnearly forgot. I built and painted them last night. I'm sorry if the quality of the photos are poor by my monitor broke so I'm using a fuzzy CRT

It does fill the area up a bit Bob.

[Steve Bennett]

The building does look better balanced that way around Jon. Still fairly dominant, but I guess any building on that size layout is going to. Looking forward to seeing how you finish it.

Nice rolling stock too

[More_Cats_Than_Sense]

Looking good Jon

[Bob Taylor]

With some stock now it does seem more "balanced". Looking very good.



Bob.

[Jon Randall]

Thanks again.
This evening we got the hammers and nails out and knocked the framework together.

Sorry about the lighting but I knew that I wouldn't have got around to photos before I started work on it tomorrow