I’m back from my brief away, and much refreshed. While I was up in Scotland, I visited New Lanark, a restored Victorian era cotton mill village which was fun and had some lovely brass and cold steel machinery – I’d recommend it for a short visit, though it’s heavier on the human element, than the mechanical one. chuckles (The image above is not New Lanark, it’s the Black Country Museum – far closer and thus my ‘home’ image.) I’d like to thank Mr Hildebrandt (or Jake of all Trades) for taking such good care of Brass Goggles in my absence – she can be a feisty beastie with a heart of gold, and you did very well indeed. Mr Hildebrandt will be returning to his own blog, and to some very exciting Steampunk projects of his own, but he may return to do a guest post now and then if he feels particularly inspired.

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