Thanks Michael for sharing your layout with us....I'm a newcomer to the hobby, and find your videos inspirational and full of fantastic scenery and building ideas. Your layout is incredibly realistic , thanks for sharing it with us.

Hello Michael, I accidentally came across your video. I don't have any space for a layout, so to watch you operate your layout was very uplifting and evoked happy memories of my uncle who loved his trains (also planes, bikes, cars etc) and also liked all the latest mod cons! I'm now going to catch up on your back-catalogue of videos! In the meantime, Happy New Year!

Fantastic layout - quute a lot of time, effort and money have gone into that. Excellent guard's eye views too!! At about 30 foot square, I thought my loft was big but yours is gigantic!

It's great watching the videos to some background music here , downtown train and all aboard the night train , on voice command to a clever little round speaker , still able to hear the station master loud and clear ,

Brilliant viewing, love all the different angles, so realistic. Thank you.

Nice layout love the trees and great rolling stock

Excellent angles of a brilliant layout and trains! Once again, kudos to such a fantastic effort!

Great to see such a variety of Class 66s!! I’m into heritage trains, especially steam. The diesel side of the heritage railway at which I work is of equal importance to the steam!!

Thanks very much for this video Mick. You have given us some great shots to enjoy throughout. Those are certainly very impressive rakes of wagons you have there. Got to say as well, probably not for the first time, your track and ballast is fantastic. Cheers, Ian

Cool....one of my fave layouts on you tube...

Nice one, love the cab ride, but spotted the blooper on the platform, the brake down crane. You must have a bucket load of fun. If I had that space it would Steam out of the Cross with a few diesels like Birmingham Sulzers. You sound like a North London boy like me I just love upside down now in Aus Keep posting great stuff. See your midland Pullman, can remember them brand new at At Pancras, can also remember Celtic running through Harringay West and also spent hours at the train spotters stand in Finsbury Park

Wow Michael, only ever get to see such long rakes of wagons at a show but they look fantastic on your superb layout. The 66s look to be running very well, glad you got it sorted. If you ever want to sort out the light issues with the large headlight 66 our mates at illuminated models do a new light board for it. Great running session yet again. All the best Michael stay safe and Happy New Year to you Peter

Great end to 2020 Mick I have really enjoyed Lakeside through 2020 and I agree the Accurascale wagons are excellent. Have a great New Year and a safe 2021..........Cheers Kev

Hi Michael, another great running session especially at track level. Looks like Father Christmas was busy delivering presents (wagons) to you. Hope you had a merry Christmas and best wishes for the new year, stay safe....

Great to watch your layout happy new year mick all the best for 2021🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🚂🚂🚂🚂

Excellent. Congratulations. Leonardo. Argentina

Absolutely brilliant Mick. You're getting better at pacing the trains with the camera. It's wonderful to watch. Thank you for all your work and comments that have helped keep some sanity going in 2020. Happy New Year and I look forward to more from Lakeside. All the best, David.

Very nice locomotive Ser super. Marry Christmas And Happy New Year 2021.

What a great layout loved watching the video

nice layout keep posting updates up of the layout

Just dropped by to say “Hello” I trust all is well with you and your family and I very much look forward to the next “Boredom Basher” take care stay safe

Always like watching your videos what a layout.

Superb Michael 👍 All the very best my friend 👍👍👍. Hugh.

Wonderful as always!. Merry Christmas 🎄 happy new year PS.(love the Christmas jumper!!!!.). Stay safe and well.

great video Mick....happy new year to you

Great video Michael, I like the idea of the Alpha meter, very handy. Those Accurascale wagons look fantastic as does your layout. I hope that you had a nice Christmas. All the best to you and yours for 2021 Michael

I think this a really interesting looking layout, and gives the impression of distance. Do you also have any suburban services?

MIchael. I think I commented on someone else's page that isn't it amazing that Bachmann wagons seem to be disappearing from layouts and Accurascale in particular are replacing them?. I looked at Bachmann DB hoppers HKA at £60 each and then Accurascale announced their own hoppers for GBRF and Fastline, £35 each. I run long trains like you so it's a no brainer when you are buying a dozen or so. Anyway many thanks for all your videos this year. Layout is lovely and I have taken some ideas from you. Take care and until next year.

Awesome video buddy, keep up the great content.👍

Brilliant video as always, Mick. Really looking forward to the videos this year. Curiously, have you ever made a track layout plan for Lakeside? It'd be great to see an aerial plan of your layout. Cheers

Great jumper mick, merry Christmas & happy new year chief, you’ve got to be accurascales number 1 purchaser, great running video, loving the sounds too, look forward to the next video, hopefully see you in 2021 too, taker care chap,

Hi Mick, Great Video mate, nice new Stock and Camera work ,

Great layout great video ! Is that C47 in D-Day markings about to drop the Paras on to the layout to blow up a key Railway Junction?

Very impressive layout, installation, scenery, rolling stock and indeed footage. Thanks for sharing. I did notice a couple of Class 66's which would probably have some problems running on the layout - is there a garden layout as well? Alan.

Hi mick hope you and the family had a lovely Christmas and did santa bring you some nice stuff I could watch your videos all day your layout inspire me to start building mine again I want helixs and every thing on my layout lol I've been a good boy I got a Bachmann 66 (biffa) with a TTS 66 sound chip but can't get it till January it's in a shop next door to where I ordered it lol so as of the 4th of January it's coming to me lol I also got a tool chest of the wife train of my kids so I've been really good this year so happy new year to you mick thanks Paul

More variety then the .Big Railway! like the Colas 68s hellfire!

Happy New Year!!

Utterly breathtaking. I’ll comment again when I’ve recovered! Looks like you have the whole of the top floor! Very realistic ballasting. What track?

Great vid as always. I know you have some steam as well as modern. Just wondered if you have an era or do you just go by Rule 1 and run what you like.

Just amazing

Love all your locomotives you had running tonight but what happened to the Sutton 24 you can see mine on my layout if you want to I have two

Another great video from you and your superb layout. Is the Pendolino difficult to convert? I think I have a spare motor for the Pendolino in my spares box My Pendolino set could do with a new drive car body to as it has some damage I was going to buy the new Avanti trains one but it still haven't come out yet Hope you had a great Christmas and New Year

Love the class 68 sound profile...another great session..thankyou...incidentally have you any experience of olivias trains sound profiles ?....kind rgds Chris

Very nice layout...Did someone bay you to wear that jumper...

How about a passenger express or two, or even a diesel multiple unit?!! We have a Class 117 at the Epping Ongar Railway!!

Fabulous selection of trains!! As for the container train, I was wondering if you have the gantry crane for lifting the containers off the train and onto container trucks!!

Amazing layout, shame there's no steam evident, not really a diesel lover but beautifully done, sorry for my negative comment.

If I say pretty please, can I have your trees? 😜 cracking layout there.

Nice One please more comment.

Lovely layout mate well jell 😂😂😂😂❤️❤️

You did say that all comments are welcome - good or bad ? .... I have one for you. .... The BFA rake looks wrong. ...They were block trains - not mixed freight. ..... A great layout by the way, but please paint them all in the same livery.

Love your Christmas jumper I bet you don’t drink Coca-Cola

What did you do for a job before you took early retirement ? ..... It must have been a highly paid job if you can afford all them locos and rolling stock !!