Hey folks!

I hope you're all doing well. Yesterday was the last day of school for my daughter and now it's the summer hols for her. This time of year mean I get to spend more time with her and get to do some cool stuff.

What cool stuff have you got planned for your kids or just yourselves over the summer period?

Not too far away from me there is a miniature railway called the Romney Hythe and Dymnchurch Railway, that's a fun one that my daughter and I like to go to each summer. It runs from Hythe, going through New Romney, Dymnchurch and ending up at Dungeness.

At Dungeness is a no longer running nuclear power station, a light house (which we like to climb each visit) and a nice restaurant we get lunch at. On the way back we stop at Dymnchurch and go to the arcades and amusements, get fish and chips (or a sausage and chips is preferable as I don't like fish :P), then head to New Romney and see the model railway inside the station, and see all the other old trains there. Then finally heading back to Hythe and a drive home after. It's such a cool day out. Highly recommend it if any of you are ever in this area looking for something fun to do.

Here's a wikipedia link to the railway; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romney,_Hythe_and_Dymchurch_Railway

Here's their website;
https://www.rhdr.org.uk/

Lots of fun for the whole family.

Enjoy your summer whatever you get up to, and hope you all have lovely weather for it. It's been lush here for weeks now,
although we finally had a huge downpour last night with loads of lightning and thunder. Air is a little cooler today.

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Not too far away from me there is a miniature railway called the Romney Hythe and Dymnchurch Railway, that's a fun one that my daughter and I like to go to each summer. It runs from Hythe, going through New Romney, Dymnchurch and ending up at Dungeness.

At Dungeness is a no longer running nuclear power station, a light house (whic
we like to climb each visit) and a nice restaurant we get lunch at. On the way
back we stop at Dymnchurch and go to the arcades and amusements, get fish and chips (or a sausage and chips is preferable as I don't like fish :P), then hea
to New Romney and see the model railway inside the station, and see all the other old trains there. Then finally heading back to Hythe and a drive home after. It's such a cool day out. Highly recommend it if any of you are ever in
this area looking for something fun to do.

A trainride, a lighthouse, an old train station, and a model railway? Sounds like heaven! :D

What scale is the model railway?


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I hope you're all doing well. Yesterday was the last day of school for my daughter and now it's the summer hols for her. This time of year mean I get to spend more time with her and get to do some cool stuff.

Wow kids stop much later in the UK then in the U.S. When do they go back to school. Kids in my area start in early Sept. and end in mid to late June.

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I hope you're all doing well. Yesterday was the last day of school for my daughter and now it's the summer hols for her. This time of year mean I get to spend more time with her and get to do some cool stuff.

w0w; in the states, the kids are done w/ school in early June!! They go back in late August...

What cool stuff have you got planned for your kids or just yourselves
over the summer period?

My daughter will be heading up to PDX at some point; we've been doing the local fun stuffs the past couple summers - I'm sure we'll find more fun this one...

Here's a wikipedia link to the railway; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romney,_Hythe_and_Dymchurch_Railway

Here's their website;
https://www.rhdr.org.uk/

Lots of fun for the whole family.

Nice!! :P



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On 19 Jul 2025, Dumas Walker said the following...

A trainride, a lighthouse, an old train station, and a model railway? Sounds like heaven! :D

I know right, it really is an amazing day out, probably more for me than my daughter haha

What scale is the model railway?

Well they have a mix but I believe the main sizes are 0 gauge and 00 gauge, but they have some tracks that are like the really teeny tiny gauge and a small section that is probably 4" wide but I have no idea what gauge that would be.

When we go I will try and get some good pictures and some video to share =)

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On 19 Jul 2025, Cozmo said the following...

Wow kids stop much later in the UK then in the U.S. When do they go back to school. Kids in my area start in early Sept. and end in mid to late June.

My daughter goes back to school on September 3rd this year. They usually finish the 2nd or 3rd week of July.

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On 19 Jul 2025, paulie420 said the following...

w0w; in the states, the kids are done w/ school in early June!! They go back in late August...

Yeah that's early - it's usually the 2nd or 3rd week in July when they break up for summer here.

My daughter will be heading up to PDX at some point; we've been doing
the local fun stuffs the past couple summers - I'm sure we'll find more fun this one...

What sort of fun stuff have you done together? What do you do in PDX over the summer?

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Re: School's out for summer!
By: Dumas Walker to MEATLOTION on Sat Jul 19 2025 10:17:42

A trainride, a lighthouse, an old train station, and a model railway?
Sounds like heaven! :D

He had me at "nuclear power station".
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Re: Re: School's out for summer!
By: MeaTLoTioN to paulie420 on Sat Jul 19 2025 20:02:39

What do you do in PDX...

What's PDX?
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A trainride, a lighthouse, an old train station, and a model railway? Sounds like heaven! :D

I know right, it really is an amazing day out, probably more for me than my daughter haha

Yeah, if it were me, I would agree. LOL.

What scale is the model railway?

Well they have a mix but I believe the main sizes are 0 gauge and 00 gauge, bu
they have some tracks that are like the really teeny tiny gauge and a small section that is probably 4" wide but I have no idea what gauge that would be.

Hard to say. IIRC, 00 gauge is close to the US HO scale, which is what I
am most familiar with. O is popular here, too. 4" wide might be G scale.


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A trainride, a lighthouse, an old train station, and a model railway? Sounds like heaven! :D

He had me at "nuclear power station".

LOL! That could be interesting for sure.

I actually thought there was a power station and a train station, but I
think I misread it... the model railway is in the old power station, while
the old train station is a figment of my immagination. ;)


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Re: School's out for summer!
By: MeaTLoTioN to All on Sat Jul 19 2025 12:32 pm

I hope you're all doing well. Yesterday was the last day of school for my daughter and now it's the summer hols for her. This time of year mean I get to spend more time with her and get to do some cool stuff.

Congrats to your kid! Enjoy a great summer!

What cool stuff have you got planned for your kids or just yourselves over the summer period?

My oldest daughter graduated from high school this past June, and turned 19 last week, and has college registration to look forward to this week. My other one is 16 years old and is getting her driver's license soon and started working at one of the movie theaters in the area. We're starting to shop around for a used car for her to get to work and school in the fall.

We managed to squeeze in a couple camping trips so far, and may take another one sometime in the next month. The missus and I have our 20th anniversary coming up as well.

So it's been QUITE the eventful summer. :)

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Re: School's out for summer!
By: MeaTLoTioN to All on Sat Jul 19 2025 12:32 pm

What cool stuff have you got planned for your kids or just yourselves over the summer period?

My plan is the one I have every summer. I am taking my girls to eat grass in different places around my house. I never understood why people has so much trouble convincing their kids to eat their vegetables, because mine will grow fat from eating too much if you let them.


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Re: School's out for summer!
By: MeaTLoTioN to All on Sat Jul 19 2025 12:32 pm

Howdy,

Hey folks!

I hope you're all doing well. Yesterday was the last day of school for my daughter and now it's the summer hols for her. This time of year mean I get to spend more time with her and get to do some cool stuff.

What cool stuff have you got planned for your kids or just yourselves over the summer period?

Well down under, mid-year school holidays are coming to the end. While is been cold/wet in Melbourne - and 10-12 degrees during the day, I've actually been with my kids in Malaysia, for the last 3 weeks where every day has been around 32. Humidity sucks.

Kids have been playing tennis at a tennis academy here - hosted in an English international school - Epsom College. They've been boarding at the college, while my wife and I have been in an AirBNB 20klm away.

This weekend is the end of the training, with a tournament today/tomorrow and monday - after which we'll head to KL for a couple of days before heading back home.

Its been good. I've had 3 weeks off to catch up on many todo things that I've wanted to do, but time never really gave me the opportunity.

I'm back at work on Friday, not looking forward to that - Ive kinda enjoyed 3 weeks off not thinking about it...



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Re: School's out for summer!
By: deon to MeaTLoTioN on Sat Jul 19 2025 23:43:12

While is been cold/wet in Melbourne - and 10-12 degrees during the day...

I didn't think it got that cold "down under".

...for the last 3 weeks where every day has been around 32. Humidity sucks.

I heard that. Much of the US has been under some wicked heat over the past month with temps in the upper 30s, even 40. In Michigan, where I am, we've had days a few days around 35 or so with humidity in the 90% range...YUCK!
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